It occasionally carries surface water during the rainy seasons in November and February/March.

Its catchment area is estimated between 2200[1] and 2,300 square kilometres (890 sq mi).

[2] The Khumib has its origin near the settlement of Orupembe in the remote north-west of Kunene.

From there the river course passes westwards to the Skeleton Coast and drains into the Namib Desert.

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