Nossob River

Nossob River
or Nosop River

River, southern Africa.

Rising in central Namibia, it flows southeast through the western Kalahari Desert and forms part of the border between Botswana and South Africa, bisecting the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (now part of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park). It joins the Auob River before emptying into the Molopo River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean. It is about 500 mi (800 km) long. Because of irregular rainfall, in the 20th century the lower Nossob's riverbed contained flowing water only a few times.

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also spelled  Nossop River, or Nosob River,  

      intermittently flowing river, west-central Namibia, formed by two intermittent streams, the White Nossob and the Black Nossob, both of which rise northeast of Windhoek (the national capital). Their confluence is north of Leonardville, which is located near the tropic of Capricorn. The Nossob then follows a southeasterly course, passing through the thick, porous sands of the semiarid western Kalahari (Desert). Upon leaving Namibia, it forms a part of the border between Botswana and South Africa and bisects the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park that sits astride the border of these two countries. At the southern extremity of the park, the Nossob is joined by the intermittently flowing Auob River, which rises to the southwest of the Nossob in central Namibia and roughly parallels its course. From its confluence with the Auob River, the Nossob flows southward into the southwestward-extending, intermittently flowing Molopo River, a tributary of the Orange, which flows westward into the Atlantic Ocean.

      The Nossob has a length (including the Black Nossob) of some 460 miles (740 km) to its confluence with the Molopo. The Nossob's drainage area of roughly 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km) is sparsely covered by varied grasses, low shrubs, and thorny woodland, typical of the Kalahari. Because of irregular precipitation and scant desert runoff, the wide riverbed of the lower Nossob has contained flowing water only a few times in the past century. Its high groundwater table, however, provides water for grasses and other vegetation, and its watering holes are visited by animals (especially antelope).

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