Cuvelai-Etosha Basin
Cuvelai-Etosha Basin | |
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Area | |
• Total | 160,000 km2 (60,000 sq mi) |
Population | 850 000 |
The Cuvelai-Etosha Basin is a transboundary wetland area shared by Angola and Namibia extending over 450 kilometres from north to south. Covering almost 160,000 km2, the widest point of the basin is along the Angola-Namibia border from the Kunene River east to the Okavango River.[1]
The basin consists of hundreds of drainage channels, known as iishana (singular oshana), that flow from north to south from the southern Angolan highlands to Namibia's
Located in the north-central part of Namibia, this
People
There is an estimated 1.2 million people that live in the basin with about 70% in Namibia and 30% in Angola.[3]
In Namibia, the basin covers around 5% of the country, yet about 40% of Namibia's population lives here with around 850,000 people.[3] The basin is traditionally dominated by the Owambo people and so is often referred to as the Owambo Basin by geologists.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-99916-780-7-8.
- ^ "The River Basin". Cuvecom. 2019. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ a b c d Mendelsohn, John (2013). "A Profile and Atlas of The Cuvelai-Etosha Basin". Jaro Consultancy. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19.