A map showing South Africa's cities, main towns, selected villages, rivers, and its highest peak.
This is a list of rivers in South Africa.
It is quite common to find the Afrikaans word -rivier as part of the name. Another common suffix is "-kamma", from the Khoisan term for "river"[1] (often tautologically the English term "river" is added to the name). The Zulu word amanzi (water) also forms part of some river names.
The Afrikaans term spruit (compare spring) often labels small rivers.
List
- A ^ Drainage basin code assigned by the Department of Water Affairs (South Africa), a complete list is available at Drainage basins of South Africa
Gallery
Topographic map of South Africa.
Course and watershed of the Orange River with topography shading and political boundaries.
Grootrivier in Nature's Valley, stained a tea colour by plant tannins
Amanzimtoti River at Ilanda Wilds
Amanzimtoti River at Ilanda Wilds
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See also
References
- ↑ Meiring, Barbara. "South African Toponymic Guidelines for Map and other editors: Fourth Edition", 12. Retrieved on 30 April 2013.
- ↑ "Maitland River Mouth". Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
External links
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