Kaukausib-RiverKaukausib Rivier auf GetaMap.net in German called Kaukausib-MuldeKaukausib-Mulde is a rivier (dry river)See German Page Rivier which in a local language means Dry-River. within the Diamond Restricted Area also called Sperrgebiet in the south of Namibia.Namibia Travel Map. Kunth-Verlag, München 2017, . The Kaukausib-Rivier extends through the Namib from south to north-north-west. It ends in the Namib Desert without reaching the Atlantic, or any other river.Mapping the Major Catchments of Namibia. Ben J. Strohbach, National Botanical Research Institute, pp 5–6. At the upper end of the Kaukausib Rivier there is a spring, which carries water throughout the whole year and is a drinking trough for various animals, especially for Oryx and Ostrich. The Kaukausib-spring is located 62 km southeast of Lüderitz and 40 km east of the Atlantic coast on 375 m above sea level (1235 ft).
In early days, on the march from Lüderitzbucht to Aus oxen were watered at the Kaukausib-well. The Germans write:
In English it means:
The book Diamonds in the DesertOlga Levinson: Diamonds in the Desert. 2. Auflage, Kuiseb Verlag, Windhoek 2009, . describes, how August Stauch established a company in the beginning of the 20th century called Kaukausibtal Diamantengesellschaft.
Pictures Pictures of Kaukausib
References