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    The Swakop River (Khoekhoe: Tsoaxaub) is a major river in western central Namibia. Its source is in the Khomas Highland. From there it flows westwards...
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    Swakopmund ("Mouth of the Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, 352 km (219 mi) west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road...
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    Immediately south of Angola, it stretches from the Kunene River to the Swakop River, although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib...
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    larger Rössing uranium mine and 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Walvis Bay. Swakop Uranium believes the Husab Mine has the potential to become the second largest...
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    sea, that extends roughly 600 kilometres (370 mi) north-to-south from the Swakop River to the B4 road to Lüderitz. A surprising collection of creatures survives...
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    gradually gives way to a rocky desert that extends from Sossusvlei to the Swakop river. This area is traversed by the Tropic of Capricorn and is mostly flat...
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  • Africa, Lesotho Vaal - South Africa Fish - Namibia Shangani River - Zimbabwe Swakop River - Namibia Tugela - South Africa Umfolozi River - South Africa Black...
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  • ground during the rare occurrences of heavy rain in its catchment area. The Swakop River is another significant ephemeral river in Namibia. It is approximately...
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    Mountain). There were also two other groups that moved down the Tsoaxub (Swakop River) and ǃKhuiseb (Kuiseb River) respectively, namely the Tsoaxudaman...
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    German South West Africa. In March he advanced from Swakopmund along the Swakop valley with its railway line and captured Otjimbingwe, Karibib, Friedrichsfelde...
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  • Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine Weidlich, Brigitte (19 July 2019). "Swakop vellies – handmade shoes from the Namibian coast". namibian.org. Gondwana...
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  • River Black Nossob River Klein Nossob River White Nossob River Orawab River Swakop River Gami Kaub River Kaan River Khan River Etiro River Slang River Omusema...
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  • best school in the Erongo Region. Situated on the banks of the ephemeral Swakop River, Da-Palm is a government boarding school that was established in 1982...
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    only reaches the sea while it is in flood. In 1907, the area between the Swakop River and the Kuiseb was designated by the German colonial administration...
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    (originally the Sartorius von Bach Dam) is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Swakop River near Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. Built in 1968...
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    using recycled plastic materials, such as bottles, combined with cement. Swakop’s DRC to provide for youth Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine 13...
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    (1979), and Trinity Goes East (1998). "Maestro Alessandroni passes away at Swakop". namibian.com.na. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved...
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  • Okahandja as early as 1792, when Pieter Brand and Van Reenen sailed up the Swakop River near Okahandja. Brand was likely the first white men to come there...
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    Heritage Sites. Gallery forests also exist along the valleys of Omaruru, Swakop and Kuiseb in the Central Namibia. Here the riverbeds are filled with a...
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    salt and uranium from the mine is endangering the farming industry in the Swakop River area. Rössing is working with the Namibian farmers on this issue....
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  • (German: Groß Barmen) is a historic settlement and a recreational spa on the Swakop River in central Namibia, north of Windhoek. It is situated on the District...
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    Ramsar Site, and the belt of dune and gravel plains that lie between the Swakop and Kuiseb rivers west of the Namib-Naukluft Park are included, Swakopmund...
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    Attractions include spectacular sand dunes near Langstrand south of the Swakop River. The city is known for extreme sports. Nearby is a farm that offers...
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    crossing the Erongo region of central Namibia. It is the main tributary of the Swakop River and only occasionally carries surface water during the rainy season...
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  • five existing former German Colonial railway lines in SWA. Union Border to Swakop River (at Swakopmund), 771 miles 73 chains (1,242.3 kilometres). Seeheim...
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    Erongo Mountains, Usakos, and Ameib Immanuel ǂNu-axa Tsoaxudaman along the Swakop River Betuel Haraseb ǀGaiodaman along the Omuramba Omatako between Outjo...
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  • start of the 19th century. They first occupied the area at the mouth of the Swakop River, today the city of Swakopmund, and moved south beyond Walvis Bay to...
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    West Africa. In March Botha began an advance from Swakopmund along the Swakop valley with its railway line and captured Otjimbingwe, Karibib, Friedrichsfelde...
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    Otjimbingwe is situated south of Karibib on the junction of Omusema and Swakop River. It had approximately 8,000 inhabitants in 2016[update]. Otjimbingwe...
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  • landed at the coastal town of Swakopmund on 11 February. Advancing along the Swakop valley railway line, the northern force captured Otjimbinge, Karibib, Friedrichsfelde...
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