Eiseb, also Eiseb Block, is a settlement in the

Omaheke Region Omaheke (the Otjiherero word for sandveld) is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia, the least populous region. Its capital is Gobabis. It lies in eastern Namibia on the border with Botswana and is the western extension of the Kalahari Desert ...

of Namibia. It is named after the Eiseb River, an ephemeral river (''

omuramba Omuramba (plural: ''Omiramba'') is the term for ancient river-beds found in the Kalahari Desert of Africa, notably in the North Eastern part of Namibia and North Western part of Botswana. The word is taken from the Herero language. An omuramba pr ...

'') in the

Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large semiarid climate, semiarid sandy savanna in Southern Africa covering including much of Botswana as well as parts of Namibia and South Africa. It is not to be confused with the Angolan, Namibian, and South African ...

. Eiseb is situated on the District road D1635 northeast of Tallismanus and belongs to the Otjombinde electoral constituency. The settlement has been established in 1992 as a place where returning

Ovambanderu The Mbanderu (singular: ''Omumbanderu'', plural: ''Ovambanderu'') are a population inhabiting eastern parts of Namibia and western parts of Botswana. They speak Herero language, Otjiherero, a Bantu language. History and Culture Etymology While e ...

and Ovaherero refugees from

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

could settle. From 1994 onwards,

and Ovaherero from other reserved areas, such as Epukiro, Otjinene and Otjombinde moved in and make up the majority of the inhabitants , making a living from subsistence farming.

Eiseb-Epukiro River Basin

The area between Eiseb and Epukiro is one of eleven water basins in Namibia. It has a total surface area of and borders

in the east, reaches southwards until Gobabis, and covers parts of the Omaheke and

Otjozondjupa Region Otjozondjupa is one of the fourteen regions of Namibia. Its capital is Otjiwarongo. The region further contains the municipalities of Okahandja and Grootfontein and the towns Okakarara and Otavi. , Otjozondjupa had 97,945 registered voters. Geogr ...

s. The total annual water yield of the basin is , mainly

ground water Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available fresh water in the world is groundwater. A unit of rock or an unconsolidat ...

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Populated places in the Omaheke Region Populated places established in 1992 1992 establishments in Namibia Landforms of Namibia Drainage basins of Africa {{Namibia-geo-stub