The Fish River- and the Sesriem-canyon, Namibia

The Fish River
(Visrivier in Afrikaans, Fischfluss in German) is a river in Namibia. It is 650 km long, flowing from Hardap Dam near Mariental. The flow of the river is seasonal; in winter the river can dry up completely. Despite this, the river is the site of the spectacular Fish River Canyon, a canyon 160 km long, and at points as much as 550 m deep.
The outflow of the Fish River joins the Orange River at the border with South Africa about 100 km from the Atlantic Ocean.
The Tsauchab is a rivier (dry riverbed that fills in times of heavy rain) in Namibia, in the southern Naukluft Mountains. It is approximately 100 km (60 miles) long, and known especially for the portion in which it flows through Sesriem Canyon.
Since it is in the Namib desert, the Tsauchab carries water only during the rare times when rain falls in the Naukluft Mountains and runs off, since it cannot seep into the soil fast enough (see flash flood). During these rains, the Tsauchab becomes a rapid-running, strong river within a matter of hours. As a result of the occasional rains, it has over the past two million years carved Sesriem Canyon, a kilometer (0.6 mile) long and up to 30-meter (100-foot) deep canyon in sedimentary rock. The name Sesriem is Afrikaans and means "six belts", since the early settlers had to attach together six belts (made of oryx hides), in order to reach buckets down into the canyon to scoop up water.
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[pete2784]

Some great pics, and comments. Great appetizer!