# Omaruru River

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Omaruru River Almost dried up bed of Omaruru River Native name Khoekhoe: ǃKhuidiǁgams Physical characteristics Source Mount Etjo • location Otjozondjupa Region Mouth Atlantic Ocean • location north of Hentiesbay, Erongo Region • coordinates 22°05′S 14°14′E / 22.083°S 14.233°E / -22.083; 14.233 • elevation 0 m (0 ft) Length c.330 km (210 mi) Basin size 13,100 km2 (5,100 sq mi) Basin features Tributaries • left Otjimakuru, Goab, Spitzkop • right Leeu, Okandjou Waterbodies Omdel Dam

Aerial view of Omaruru River (2018)

The **Omaruru River** is a major river crossing the [Erongo Region](/source/Erongo_Region) of western central [Namibia](/source/Namibia) from East to West. It originates in the [Etjo Mountains](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mount_Etjo&action=edit&redlink=1), crosses the town of [Omaruru](/source/Omaruru%2C_Namibia) and the village of [Okombahe](/source/Okombahe), and reaches the sea a few kilometers north of [Henties Bay](/source/Henties_Bay).[1] Inflows of the Omaruru are [Otjimakuru](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otjimakuru_River&action=edit&redlink=1), [Goab](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goab_River&action=edit&redlink=1), [Spitzkop](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spitzkop_River&action=edit&redlink=1), [Leeu](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leeu_River,_Namibia&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Okandjou](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Okandjou_River&action=edit&redlink=1).[2]

The Omaruru is an [ephemeral](/source/Ephemeral) river with a mean run-off of roughly 40 million cubic metres per annum. Its [palaeochannels](/source/Palaeochannel) form an underground [delta](/source/River_delta) of the [Namib Desert](/source/Namib_Desert).[1] Its [catchment area](/source/Catchment_area) (including its tributaries) is estimated to be between 11,579[3] and 13,100 square kilometres (5,100 sq mi).[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-el2010_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-el2010_1-1) ["ELECTIONS 2010: Erongo regional profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120316095900/http://www.newera.com.na/article.php?articleid=14109). [New Era](/source/New_Era_(Namibia)). 16 November 2010. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Jacobson_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Jacobson_2-1) Jacobson, Peter J.; Jacobson, Kathryn M.; Seely, Mary K. (1995). [*Ephemeral rivers and their catchments: Sustaining people and development in western Namibia*](http://www.the-eis.com/data/literature/Ephemeral%20rivers%20and%20their%20catchments_1995.pdf) (PDF 8.7MB). [Windhoek](/source/Windhoek): Desert Research Foundation of Namibia. pp. 136–137. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9991670947](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9991670947).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Strohbach, B.J. (2008). ["Mapping the Major Catchments of Namibia"](http://www.nbri.org.na/sites/default/files/Mapping%20the%20Major%20Catchments%20of%20Namibia_draft.pdf) (PDF 1.0MB). *Agricola*. **2008**: 63–73. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1015-2334](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1015-2334). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [940637734](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/940637734).

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