Nossob River

Nossob River
Nossob River
	The Auob River's course, a Nossob tributary
	Location of the Nossob River's mouth
Location
Country	Botswana, Namibia and South Africa
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Otjihavera Range, Namibia
• elevation	1,900 m (6,200 ft)
2nd source	Confluence of the Swart-Nossob and Wit-Nossob
• elevation	1,565 m (5,135 ft)
Mouth	Molopo River
• location	Northern Cape, South Africa
• coordinates	26°54′15″S 20°41′24″E / 26.90417°S 20.69000°E
• elevation	890 m (2,920 ft)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Black Nossob River, Klein Nossob River
• right	White Nossob River, Auob River

The Nossob (also Nosob or Nossop) River (ǂnuse ǃab, Khoikhoi for black river)^[1] is a dry river bed in eastern Namibia and the Kalahari region of South Africa and Botswana. It covers a distance of 740 km^[2] and last flooded in 1989. The river also lends its name to Nossob camp 25°25′18″S 20°35′47″E / 25.42167°S 20.59639°E / -25.42167; 20.59639 in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.^[2]

^ du Plessis, E.J. (1973). Suid-Afrikaanse berg- en riviername. Tafelberg-uitgewers, Cape Town. p. 293. ISBN 0-624-00273-X.
^ ^a ^b Raper, P.E. (2004). South African Place Names. Jonathan Ball, Jhb & Cape Town. p. 278. ISBN 1-86842-190-2.