Kaukausib-

River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in German called ''Kaukausib-Mulde'' is a rivier (dry river) within the Diamond Restricted Area also called ''Sperrgebiet'' in the south of

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. The Kaukausib-Rivier extends through the Namib from south to north-north-west. It ends in the Namib Desert without reaching the Atlantic, or any other river. At the upper end of the Kaukausib Rivier there is a spring, which carries water throughout the whole year and is a drinking trough for various animals, especially for

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and

Ostrich Ostriches are large flightless birds of the genus ''Struthio'' in the order Struthioniformes, part of the infra-class Palaeognathae, a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus, rheas, and kiwis. There are ...

. The Kaukausib-spring is located 62 km southeast of Lüderitz and 40 km east of the Atlantic coast on 375 m above sea level (1235 ft). In early days, on the march from Lüderitzbucht to Aus oxen were watered at the Kaukausib-well. The Germans write: In English it means: The book ''Diamonds in the Desert''Olga Levinson: ''Diamonds in the Desert''. 2. Auflage, Kuiseb Verlag, Windhoek 2009, . describes, how

August Stauch :''This article has been translated from the German Wikipedia article.'' August Stauch (15 January 1878 – 6 May 1947) was a German prospector who discovered a diamond deposits near Lüderitz, in German South West Africa (now Namibia). August St ...

established a company in the beginning of the 20th century called ''Kaukausibtal Diamantengesellschaft''.

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