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23-789: (Redirected from Cunene ) Kunene or Cunene may refer to: Geography [ edit ] Kunene River (also spelled Cunene), Angola and Namibia Kunene Region , Namibia Cunene Province , Angola People [ edit ] Daniel Kunene (1923–2016), South African literary scholar, translator and writer Dominic Kunene , Liswati football manager Kenny Kunene (born 1970), South African businessman Manqoba Kunene (born 1982), Liswati footballer Madala Kunene (born 1947), South African musician Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006), South African poet and historian Ntandoyenkosi Kunene , South African beauty pagent contestant Victor Kunene (born 1966), South African boxer Topics referred to by

46-561: A 250 km pipeline to divert water from the river into Namibia to help relieve the drought. Botswana, however, uses the Okavango Delta for both tourism income and a water source. The Department of Water Affairs in Botswana has submitted that 97% of the water in the river is lost through evaporation, so the country cannot afford to lose any extra water. Namibia, in turn, has argued that it will only divert half of one percent of

69-442: A big flood year, the seasonal swamp stretches to 150 km across from east to west; one of the factors that leads to the ever-changing nature of the delta is the flatness of the area. If one were to take a cross section of the delta at its widest point, one would find that the height variation from the mean over that 150 km is less than 2 m, which means that a minor sand deposition can cause major changes. In very wet years,

92-702: A controversial hydroelectric dam on the Cunene. In 2012 the Governments of Namibia and Angola announced plans to jointly build the Orokawe dam in the Baynes Mountains . According to the indigenous Himba who would have been most affected by the construction of the dam, the dam would threaten the local ecosystem and therefore the economic basis of the Himba. During February 2012, traditional Himba chiefs issued

115-808: A declaration to the African Union and to the United Nations Human Rights Council of the United Nations , titled "Declaration of the most affected Ovahimba, Ovatwa, Ovatjimba and Ovazemba against the Orokawe Dam in the Baynes Mountains," which outlines the fierce objections against the dam from the traditional Himba chiefs and communities that reside near the Kunene River. In September 2012,

138-900: A higher than usual flow into the Okavango, turning swathes of outlying desert into a huge wetland. Although the summer rains fall in Angola in January, they take a whole month to travel the first 1,000 km of the Okavango River, and then they take a further four months to filter through the plants and numerous channels of the final 250 km of the delta. As a result, the flood is at its biggest sometime between June and August, during Botswana's dry winter months. The delta then swells to three times its permanent size, attracting animals from kilometres around and creating one of Africa's greatest concentrations of wildlife . At its widest point in

161-455: A part of the Kalahari was a massive lake, known as Lake Makgadikgadi . In this time, the Okavango would have been one of its largest tributaries. Both Namibia and Botswana experience drought, and as a result, concerns have been expressed about possible conflict over use of the river's water. Namibia has built a water canal, measuring about 300 km long, and has proposed a project to build

184-600: A part of the river's flow may extend along the Magweggana River (actually a northeastern distributary of the Okavango Delta) and enter the Zambezi River , bypassing the Kalahari. The river carries annually 28,000 tonnes of suspended sediment and a similar amount of bedload to the terminal swamps. Most of the particulate sediment carried by the river is fine sand, with some silt and mud, thanks to

207-530: A thousand Himba and Zemba people marched in Opuwo to protest once more against Namibia's plans to build the Orokawe dam in the Cunene River without consulting with the indigenous peoples that do not consent to the construction plans. Tourists frequent campsites or lodges at Epupa, which offer water sports on the river, including rafting and canoeing. Ancient baobab trees grow alongside the gorge , and there

230-520: Is an attractive and well-kept viewpoint high above the village and falls. Okavango River The Okavango River (formerly spelt Okovango or Okovanggo), is a river in southwest Africa. It is known by this name in Botswana, and as Cubango in Angola, and Kavango in Namibia. It is the fourth-longest river system in southern Africa, running southeastward for 1,600 km (1,000 mi). It begins at an elevation of 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) in

253-456: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kunene River One of the few perennial rivers in the region, the Cunene is about 1,050 km (650 mi) long, with a drainage basin 106,560 km (41,140 sq mi) in area. Its mean annual discharge is 174 m /s (6,100 cu ft/s) to 222 m /s (7,800 cu ft/s) at its mouth. The Epupa Falls lie on

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276-524: Is sometimes shallow and fordable, at others confined to a narrow rocky channel. Near the sea the Cunene traverses a region of sand-hills, its mouth being completely blocked at low water. The river enters the Atlantic in 17° 18′ S., 11° 40′ E. There are indications that a former branch of the river once entered a bay to the south. The Namibian government proposed in the late 1990s to build the Epupa Dam,

299-526: The Okavango Delta , and affect its health. In Angola, the upper reaches of the Cuito suffers clogging due to controlled burns of the vegetation, reducing water flow downstream as the accumulated water instead flows into the sand . Before it enters Botswana, the river drops 4 m (13 ft) in a series of rapids known as Popa Falls, visible when the river is low, as during the dry season. In

322-558: The United Nations special rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples visited the Himba, and heard their concerns. On November 23, 2012, hundreds of Himba and Zemba from Omuhonga and Epupa region protested in Okanguati against Namibia's plans to construct a dam in the Kunene River in the Baynes Mountains, against increasing mining operations on their traditional land and human rights violations against them. On March 25, 2013, over

345-484: The Cunene traverses a swampy plain, inundated during high water, and containing several small lakes at other times of the year. From this swampy region divergent branches run S.E. They are mainly intermittent, but the Kwamatuo, which leaves the main stream in about 15° 8′ E., 17° 15′ S., flows into a large marsh or lake called Etosha , which occupies a depression in the inner table-land about 3400 ft. above sea-level. From

368-524: The Kavango Region of Namibia and in Botswana . In January 2021 ReconAfrica announced the start of drilling operations on the first exploration well. Environmental activists have expressed concern that ReconAfrica’s plans for its test wells have not been properly vetted through Namibia’s environmental review process, however ReconAfrica and both the governments of Namibia and Botswana have stated that

391-571: The S.E. end of the Etosha lake streams issue in the direction of the Okavango , to which in times of great flood they contribute some water. On leaving the swampy region the Cunene turns decidedly to the west, and descends to the coast plain by a number of cataracts, of which the chief (in 17° 25′ S., 14° 20′ E.) has a fall of 330 ft. The river becomes smaller in volume as it passes through an almost desert region with little or no vegetation. The stream

414-482: The geological makeup of the Okavango River catchment which is largely underlain by Kalahari sand. There is low concentration of dissolved solids in the river water - around 40 mg/L, made up mostly of silica, calcium and magnesium bicarbonates - but these dissolved solids form the largest component of sediment carried into the delta because the annual water volume is so large. During colder periods in Earth's history,

437-579: The rainy season, an outflow to the Boteti River in turn seasonally discharges to the Makgadikgadi Pans , which features an expansive area of rainy-season wetland where tens of thousands of flamingos congregate each summer. Part of the river's flow fills Lake Ngami . Noted for its wildlife , the Okavango area contains Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve . Every wet season, Angola receives three times more rainfall than Botswana, discharging

460-721: The river's flow, and that it is entitled to any water that flows through its territory. To deal with such issues, in September 1994, Angola, Namibia, and Botswana signed an agreement to form the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission , to provide advice to the three countries about the best ways to share the Okavango River's resources. ReconAfrica , a petroleum exploration company headquartered in Canada , has obtained exploration licenses for more than 13,600 square miles of land in

483-553: The river. Olushandja Dam dams a tributary of the river, the Etaka, and helps to provide the Ruacana Power Station with water. The main stream rises in 12 ° 30′ S. and about 160 miles in a direct line from the sea at Benguella , runs generally from north to south through four degrees of latitude, but finally flows west to the sea through a break in the outer highlands . Between the mouths of its two tributaries ,

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506-500: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kunene . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kunene&oldid=1233684154 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

529-479: The sandy highlands of Angola . Farther south, it forms part of the border between Angola and Namibia , and then flows into Botswana . The Okavango does not have an outlet to the sea. Instead, it discharges into the Okavango Delta or Okavango Alluvial Fan, in an endorheic basin in the Kalahari Desert . The Cuito River is a major tributary. The Cubango and Cuito Rivers are the principal tributaries of

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