River
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Drainage basin[A]
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Province and location
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Source location (town / mountains)
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Tributary of (river)
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Dam in river
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Mouth / junction at location (town)
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Mouth / junction coordinates
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Amandawe River |
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Amandawe, KwaZulu-Natal |
north west of Amandawe |
north of Scottburgh |
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Umpambanyoni River |
30°15′30″S 30°45′0″E / 30.25833°S 30.75000°E / -30.25833; 30.75000 (Umpambanyoni mouth)
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Amahlongwa River |
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Amahlongwa, KwaZulu-Natal |
south west of Amahlongwa |
west of uMkomaas |
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Indian Ocean |
30°15′30″S 30°44′0″E / 30.25833°S 30.73333°E / -30.25833; 30.73333 (Indian Ocean)
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Amanzimtoti River, (Manzimtoti River) (Toti River) |
U7 |
KwaZulu-Natal, Amanzimtoti |
northwest of Adams Mission |
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Indian Ocean |
30°3′S 30°52′E / 30.050°S 30.867°E / -30.050; 30.867 (Amanzimtoti mouth)
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Apies River |
A2 |
Gauteng, Tshwane, Pretoria |
Bronberg, southeast of Pretoria |
Moretele River, then Crocodile River and Limpopo River |
Bon Accord Dam |
Makapanstad |
25°14′24″S 28°08′36″E / 25.24000°S 28.14333°E / -25.24000; 28.14333 (Apies-Tshwane junction)
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As River (or Axel River) |
C8 |
Free State |
Southeast of Bethlehem |
Liebenbergsvlei River, then Wilge River |
Sol Plaatjie Dam |
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28°13′27″S 28°21′58″E / 28.22417°S 28.36611°E / -28.22417; 28.36611 (As-Liebenbergsvlei junction)
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Assegaai River |
W5 |
Mpumalanga |
North of Wakkerstroom |
Mkondo River |
Heyshope Dam |
Swaziland border |
27°04′46″S 31°02′19″E / 27.07944°S 31.03861°E / -27.07944; 31.03861 (Assegaai-Mkondo junction)
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Baakens River |
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Eastern Cape |
Port Elizabeth
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Bamboes Spruit |
C2 |
North West |
South of Ottosdal |
Vaal River |
Bloemhof Dam |
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27°40′15″S 25°37′40″E / 27.67083°S 25.62778°E / -27.67083; 25.62778 (Bamboesspruit mouth)
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Baviaanskloof River |
L8 |
Western and Eastern Cape |
North of Plettenberg Bay |
Kouga River |
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33°39′53″S 24°23′37″E / 33.66472°S 24.39361°E / -33.66472; 24.39361 (Baviaanskloof River junction)
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Bell River |
D1 |
Eastern Cape |
Near Naudé's Neck |
Kraai River, then Orange River |
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Near Moshesh's Ford |
30°51′08″S 27°46′43″E / 30.85222°S 27.77861°E / -30.85222; 27.77861
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Berg River (or Great Berg River) |
G1 |
Western Cape |
Franschhoek Drakenstein |
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Berg River Dam |
Velddrif north of Vredenburg, Atlantic Ocean |
32°46′13.00″S 18°8′39.66″E / 32.7702778°S 18.1443500°E / -32.7702778; 18.1443500
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Berg River |
D3 |
Free State |
22 km Southwest of Jagersfontein |
Orange River |
Vanderkloof Dam |
Vanderkloof Dam |
29°59′43″S 24°46′48″E / 29.99528°S 24.78000°E / -29.99528; 24.78000 (Vanderkloof dam tributary)
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Bhira River |
R5 |
Eastern Cape |
North of Eleqolweni |
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between Port Alfred and East London, near Begha, Indian Ocean |
33°23′00″S 27°19′33″E / 33.38333°S 27.32583°E / -33.38333; 27.32583 (Bhira River mouth)
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Bivane River |
W5 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Pongola River |
Bivane Dam |
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Black Kei River |
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Eastern Cape |
Southwest of Queenstown |
Great Kei River |
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Blesbokspruit (or Blesbok Spruit) |
C2 |
Gauteng |
North of Daveyton |
Vaal River |
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Blood River (or Ncome River) |
V3 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Knight's Pass, Utrecht |
Buffalo River |
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Bloukrans River |
V1 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
North of Giant's Castle in the Drakensberg foothills |
Tugela River |
none |
near Tugela Estates, Weenen area |
28°45′30″S 30°08′55″E / 28.75833°S 30.14861°E / -28.75833; 30.14861 (Bloukrans-Tugela confluence)
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Bloukrans River |
K |
Western and Eastern Cape border |
Near Peak Formosa |
n.a. |
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Near Bloukrans Bridge |
33°58′44″S 23°38′49″E / 33.97889°S 23.64694°E / -33.97889; 23.64694 (Blouwkrans River mouth)
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Bloukrans River |
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Eastern Cape |
Near Grahamstown |
Kowie River |
none |
Near Langholm, Grahamstown |
33°24′38″S 26°39′05″E / 33.41056°S 26.65139°E / -33.41056; 26.65139 (Bloukrans-Kowie confluence)
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Blyde River (or Motlatse River) |
B6 |
Mpumalanga |
West of Sabie |
Olifants River |
Blyderivierpoort Dam |
Lissataba game farm, Mica area |
24°15′13″S 30°49′50″E / 24.25361°S 30.83056°E / -24.25361; 30.83056 (Blyde-Olifants confluence)
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Boesmans River |
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Western Cape |
Northeast of Pearly Beach |
Uilkraal River |
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Uilkraalsmond (south of Gans Bay), Atlantic Ocean |
34°36′21″S 19°24′32″E / 34.60583°S 19.40889°E / -34.60583; 19.40889 (Uilkraal River mouth)
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Boesmans River |
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Eastern Cape |
North of Kirkwood (Eastern Cape) |
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Kenton on Sea, Indian Ocean |
33°41′32″S 26°39′50″E / 33.69222°S 26.66389°E / -33.69222; 26.66389 (Boesmans River mouth)
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Boesmanspruit (or Boesman Spruit) |
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Mpumalanga |
South of Secunda |
Waterval River then into the Vaal River |
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Bonte River |
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Western Cape |
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Alphen Dam |
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Bot River |
G |
Western Cape |
South of Teewaterskloof Dam |
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Fortuin Reservoir |
Fischerhaven, Atlantic Ocean |
34°22′05″S 19°05′53″E / 34.36806°S 19.09806°E / -34.36806; 19.09806 (Bot River mouth)
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Braamfontein Spruit (or Braamfonteinspruit) |
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Gauteng |
Greymont Roodepoort |
Jukskei River |
Emmarentia Dam |
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Brak River |
A7 |
Limpopo |
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Sand River (Polokwane) |
Magkabeng Plateau |
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22°36′15″S 29°44′0″E / 22.60417°S 29.73333°E / -22.60417; 29.73333 (Brak River mouth)
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Breede River (or Breë River) |
H |
Western Cape, Overberg |
near Ceres the Koekedou River and Dwars River become the Bree River |
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West of Mossel Bay, Indian Ocean |
34°24′15″S 20°51′06″E / 34.40417°S 20.85167°E / -34.40417; 20.85167 (Breede River mouth)
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Bronkhorst Spruit (or Bronkhorstspruit) |
B2 |
Gauteng |
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Wilge River |
Bronkhorstspruit Dam |
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Buffeljags River |
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Western Cape |
joining of the Tredou River and Grootvadersbos River |
Breede River |
Buffeljags Dam |
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Buffalo River (Eastern Cape) |
R2 |
Eastern Cape |
Northwest of King William's Town |
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Laing Dam, Bridle Drift Dam |
East London harbour |
33°01′45″S 27°54′57″E / 33.02917°S 27.91583°E / -33.02917; 27.91583 (Buffalo River mouth)
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Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal) |
V3 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
northeast of Volksrust |
Tugela River |
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Buffels River |
F3 |
Northern Cape |
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29°40′35″S 17°03′07″E / 29.67642°S 17.051811°E / -29.67642; 17.051811 (Buffels River mouth (Northern Cape))
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Buffels River |
J1 |
Western Cape |
The Komsberg River and the Venters River, join to become the Buffels River |
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Floriskraal Dam |
at Buffelspoort, the Klein-Swartberg River joins the Buffels River to become the Groot River |
33°28′05″S 20°59′02″E / 33.467929°S 20.983973°E / -33.467929; 20.983973 (Buffels River junction (Western Cape))
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Bushman River |
V |
KwaZulu-Natal |
at Giant's Castle |
Tugela River |
Wagendrift Dam |
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Caledon River |
D2 |
Free State border Lesotho and South Africa |
southwest of Witsieshoek |
Orange River |
Knellpoort Dam, Welbedacht Dam |
Bethulie |
30°31′0″S 26°5′46″E / 30.51667°S 26.09611°E / -30.51667; 26.09611 (Caledon River mouth)
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Chalumna River (or Tyolomnqa River) |
R4 |
Eastern Cape |
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Crocodile River |
X3 |
Mpumalanga |
North of Dullstroom |
Komati River |
Kwena Dam |
Komatipoort |
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Crocodile River |
A3 |
North West, Gauteng and Limpopo |
Roodepoort |
Limpopo River |
Hartbeespoort Dam Roodekoppies Dam |
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Diep River |
G |
Western Cape |
North of Malmesbury |
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Table Bay Cape Town |
33°53′27″S 18°22′55″E / 33.89083°S 18.38194°E / -33.89083; 18.38194 (Diep River mouth)
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Diep River |
A7 |
Limpopo |
Southeast of Polokwane |
Sand River |
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Doring River |
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Western Cape and Eastern Cape |
Northeast of Ceres |
Olifants River |
Doring River Dam |
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Duiwenhoks River |
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Western Cape |
North of Heidelberg |
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West of Mossel Bay, Indian Ocean |
34°21′56″S 21°00′01″E / 34.36556°S 21.00028°E / -34.36556; 21.00028 (Duiwenhoks River mouth)
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Elands River |
B2 |
Gauteng |
Near Rayton |
Olifants River |
Rust de Winter Dam, Rhenosterkop Dam |
Marble Hall |
24°55′27″S 29°20′45″E / 24.92417°S 29.34583°E / -24.92417; 29.34583 (Elands-Olifants confluence)
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Elands River |
A |
North West Province |
Near Koster |
Crocodile River (West) |
Vaalkop Dam |
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24°17′18″S 27°31′8″E / 24.28833°S 27.51889°E / -24.28833; 27.51889 (Elands-Crocodile confluence)
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Elands River |
X3 |
Mpumalanga |
Northeast of Belfast |
Crocodile River (East) |
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Ga-Selati River |
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Limpopo |
Wolkberg |
Olifants River |
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South of Phalaborwa |
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Gamka River |
J |
Western Cape |
North of Beaufort West |
Gourits River |
Gamkapoort Dam |
South of Calitzdorp |
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Gamtoos River |
L9 |
Eastern Cape |
The Kouga River and Groot River become the Gamtoos River |
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Northeast of Jeffreys Bay |
33°58′12″S 25°02′03″E / 33.97000°S 25.03417°E / -33.97000; 25.03417 (Gamtoos River Mouth)
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Gouritz River (or Gourits River) |
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Western Cape |
The Gamka River and Olifants River become the Gourits River |
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at Gouritsmond |
34°20′47″S 21°53′08″E / 34.34639°S 21.88556°E / -34.34639; 21.88556 (Gourits River mouth)
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Great Fish River (Groot-Vis River) |
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Eastern Cape |
East of Graaff-Reinet |
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North of Seafield, Indian Ocean |
33°29′44″S 27°08′09″E / 33.49556°S 27.13583°E / -33.49556; 27.13583 (Great Fish River mouth)
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Groenrivier (Green River) |
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Northern Cape |
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About 120 km NNW of Strandfontein by Green River Mouth Lighthouse |
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Great Kei River (Groot-Kei) |
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Eastern Cape |
The Swart-Kei River and the White Kei River become the Great Kei River |
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Kei Mouth, Indian Ocean |
32°40′45″S 28°23′07″E / 32.67917°S 28.38528°E / -32.67917; 28.38528 (Groot-Kei Mouth)
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Great Letaba River |
B8 |
Limpopo |
The Great Letaba River and Little Letaba River become the Letaba River |
Letaba River |
Ebenezer Dam |
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Great Usutu River (or Maputo River) |
W5 |
KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mozambique |
Northwest of Amsterdam |
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South of Maputo, Mozambique |
26°10′22″S 32°41′45″E / 26.17278°S 32.69583°E / -26.17278; 32.69583 (Maputo River mouth)
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Great Brak River |
K |
Western Cape |
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Perdeberg River, Tweeriviere River and Varings River |
Wolwedans Dam |
Great Brak River, Indian Ocean |
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Groot Brak River |
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Eastern Cape |
North of Steynsburg |
Teebusspruit |
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Great Fish River |
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Groot Marico River (or Great Marico River) |
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North West |
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Groot River |
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Eastern Cape |
where the Kariega River and Sout River join |
Gamtoos River |
Beervlei Dam |
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Groot River |
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partly the border between Eastern Cape and Western Cape |
The Buffels River becomes the Groot River from where the Klein-Swartberg River joins the Buffels |
Gouritz River |
Beervlei Dam |
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Groot River |
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Western Cape |
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Doring River |
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Groot Vet River |
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Free State |
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Groot Vlei River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Hantams River |
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Northern Cape |
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Hartbees River |
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Northern Cape |
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Hartenbos River |
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Western Cape |
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Harts River |
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North West |
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Hennops River |
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Gauteng |
East of Tembisa |
Crocodile River |
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Heuningnesrivier |
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Western Cape |
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Hex River |
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Western Cape |
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Breede River |
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Hex River |
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North West |
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Elands River |
Bospoort Dam |
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Hluhluwe River |
W |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Hluhluwe Game Reserve |
Hluhluwe River |
Hluhluwe Dam lake St Lucia |
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Hoeksrivier |
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Western Cape |
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Hol River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Hout River |
A7 |
Limpopo |
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Sand River (Polokwane) |
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Hout River Dam |
23°4′2″S 29°34′45″E / 23.06722°S 29.57917°E / -23.06722; 29.57917 (Hout River mouth)
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Incomati River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Indwe River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Lubisi Dam |
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Ingulube |
C2 |
Gauteng |
West of Nigel |
Spaarwater |
Vaal River |
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Intombe River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Jakkals River |
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Western Cape |
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Jordaan River |
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Free State |
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Jordaanspruit |
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Free State |
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Bloemhoek Dam |
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Jukskei River |
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Gauteng |
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Crocodile River (West) then Limpopo River |
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Kaaimans River |
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Western Cape |
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Kabeljous River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Jeffreys Bay |
34°00′19″S 24°56′08″E / 34.00528°S 24.93556°E / -34.00528; 24.93556 (Kabeljous River mouth)
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Kaalspruit |
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Free State |
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Kaba River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Kamma River |
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Western Cape |
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Kammanassie River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Kandandlovu River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Karatara River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Karoospruit |
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Free State |
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Kat River |
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Eastern Cape, Seymour, Fort Beaufort |
Amatola Mountains |
Great Fish River |
Katrivier Dam |
Great Fish River south of Fort Beaufort |
32°59′44″S 26°47′05″E / 32.99556°S 26.78472°E / -32.99556; 26.78472
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Kat Spruit |
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Mpumalanga |
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Kariega River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Settlers Dam |
Kenton-on-Sea |
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Keisers River |
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Western Cape |
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Keiskamma River |
R1 |
Eastern Cape |
Amatola Mountains |
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Sandile Dam |
Hamburg northeast of Port Alfred, Indian Ocean |
33°17′S 27°29′E / 33.283°S 27.483°E / -33.283; 27.483
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Keurbooms River |
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Western Cape, Plettenberg Bay |
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Northeast of Plettenberg Bay, Indian Ocean |
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Kingna River |
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Western Cape |
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Klaas Smits River |
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Eastern Cape |
South of Molteno |
Swart-Kei River |
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Klaserie River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Klasies River |
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Eastern Cape, Tsitsikamma coast |
Klasies River Caves |
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Little Letaba River |
B8 |
Limpopo |
The Great Letaba River and Little Letaba River become the Letaba River |
Letaba River |
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Klein Marico River |
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North West |
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Klein Olifants River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Klein River |
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Western Cape |
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Hermanus, Indian Ocean |
34°25′17″S 19°18′03″E / 34.42139°S 19.30083°E / -34.42139; 19.30083 (Klein River mouth)
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Klip River |
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Western Cape |
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Klip River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Klip River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Knysna River |
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Western Cape |
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Kobongaba River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Komani River |
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Eastern Cape |
North of Queenstown |
Klaas Smits River |
Bongolo Dam |
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Komati River (or Incomati, Nkomati) |
X1 |
Mpumalanga, Komati Gorge |
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Koshwana River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Kouga River |
L8 |
Eastern Cape |
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Kowie River |
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Eastern Cape |
Grahamstown |
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Port Alfred
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Kraai River |
D1 |
Eastern Cape |
Confluence of Bell River, Sterkspruit and Joggem River at Moshesh's Ford, Eastern Cape Drakensberg |
Orange River |
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Aliwal North |
30°40′S 26°45′E / 30.667°S 26.750°E / -30.667; 26.750
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Kromdraai Spruit |
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Mpumalanga |
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Krom River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Krom River |
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Western Cape, Stellenbosch |
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Kuils River |
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Western Cape |
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Kwenxura River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Laai Spruit |
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Free State |
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Langvlei River |
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Western Cape |
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Latonyanda River |
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Limpopo |
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Liesbeek River (also spelt Liesbeeck) |
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Western Cape |
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Leeu River |
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Free State |
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Armenia Dam |
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Levubu River (or Luvuvhu, Pafuri River) |
A9 |
Limpopo |
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Albasini Dam |
Limpopo River |
22°25′32″S 31°18′25″E / 22.42556°S 31.30694°E / -22.42556; 31.30694 (Levuvhu River)
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Lephalala River (see Palala River) |
A5 |
Limpopo |
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Vischgat Dam, Susandale Dam |
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Letaba River |
B8 |
Limpopo |
The Great Letaba River and Little Letaba River become the Letaba River |
Olifants River |
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Liebenbergsvlei River |
C8 |
Free State |
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Liesbeeck River |
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Western Cape |
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Letsitele River |
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Limpopo |
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Liesbeek River |
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Western Cape, Cape Town |
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Limpopo River |
A |
Limpopo, on Zimbabwe, Botswana borders |
The Marico River and the Crocodile River become the Limpopo River |
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Xai-Xai, Mozambique into Indian Ocean |
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Little Brak River (or Klein Brak) |
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Eastern Cape |
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Little Brak River, Indian Ocean |
34°05′31″S 22°08′55″E / 34.09194°S 22.14861°E / -34.09194; 22.14861 (Little Brak River mouth)
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Lourens River |
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Western Cape |
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Lovu River(Illovu) |
U7 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
West of Richmond |
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Beaulieu Estate Dam |
Lovu Langoon at Illovu Beach, Indian Ocean |
30°6′S 30°51′E / 30.100°S 30.850°E / -30.100; 30.850
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Lower Brandvlei River |
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Western Cape |
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Brandvlei Dam |
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Lunsklip River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Lyndoch River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Maitland River |
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Eastern Cape |
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West of Port Elizabeth |
33°59′14″S 25°17′37″E / 33.98722°S 25.29361°E / -33.98722; 25.29361 (Maitland River mouth)[2]
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Malips River |
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Limpopo Province |
Olifants River (Limpopo) |
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Maputo River (or Great Usutu) |
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Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal |
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Marico River |
A2 |
North West |
Groot-Marico River |
Limpopo River |
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Matlabas River |
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Limpopo |
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Mbhashe River |
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Eastern Cape, Transkei region |
East of Elliot |
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South of The Haven, Eastern Cape |
32°14′56″S 28°54′00″E / 32.24889°S 28.90000°E / -32.24889; 28.90000 (Mbhashe River mouth)
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Mbango River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mbizana River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mbodi River |
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Limpopo |
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Mbokodweni River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mdesingane River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mdlotane River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mdloti River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mdumbe River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Mgobezeleni River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mgwalana River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Mhlabatshane River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Middle Letaba River |
B8 |
Limpopo |
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Mlalazi River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mhlali River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mhlatuze River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mkomazi River |
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Kwazulu-Natal |
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Mkuze River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mlazi River |
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KwaZulu-Natal, Durban |
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Mngeni River (or Mgeni, Umgeni) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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north of Durban, Indian Ocean |
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Modder River |
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Northern Cape and Free State |
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Riet River |
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Mogalakwena River |
A6 |
Limpopo |
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Limpopo River |
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Mokolo River (or Mogol River) |
A4 |
Limpopo |
The Sand River and Grootspruit River become the Mokolo River |
Limpopo |
Mokolo Dam |
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Molopo River |
D4 |
North West border Botswana |
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Disaneng Dam |
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Mooi River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Tugela River |
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Mooi River |
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North West |
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Vaal River |
Boskop Dam |
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Mooi River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Mpenjati River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
Near Hamburg |
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Palm Beach |
30°55′59″S 30°16′00″E / 30.93306°S 30.26667°E / -30.93306; 30.26667
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Msunduzi River (or Duzi River) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mthatha River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Mtamvuna River |
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KwaZulu-Natal - Eastern Cape border |
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Mtontwanes River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mugwenya River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mximkulwana River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mzamba River |
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Eastern Cape, Transkei region |
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Mzimkulu River (or Umzimkulu) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Mzimkulwana river |
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KwaZulu-Natal, Oribi Gorge |
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Mzimvubu River |
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Eastern Cape, Transkei region |
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Mzumbe River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Nahoon River |
R3 |
Eastern Cape, East London |
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Ngagane River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Ngotwane River |
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North West |
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Ngwavuma |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Pongola River |
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26°57′42″S 32°17′39″E / 26.96167°S 32.29417°E / -26.96167; 32.29417 (Ngwavuma River junction)
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Nossob River |
D4 |
Northern Cape, Kalahari |
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Nqabara River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Nsama River |
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Limpopo |
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Nsuze River |
V4 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Tugela River |
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Nswamanzi River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Nuwejaarspruit |
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Free State |
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Nyalazi River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Nyl River |
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Limpopo |
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Nyoni River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Nzhelele River |
A8 |
Limpopo |
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Nwanedi River |
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Limpopo |
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Ohlanga River (or Umhlanga) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Ohrigstad River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Olifants River |
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Mpumalanga and Limpopo |
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Loskop Dam, Flag Boshielo Dam |
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Olifants River |
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Western Cape Oudtshoorn |
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Olifants River |
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Western Cape |
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Clanwilliam Dam |
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Ongers River |
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Northern Cape |
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Oompies River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Orange River (or Gariep River) |
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Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Free State |
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Gariep Dam, Vanderkloof Dam, Boegoeberg Dam |
Atlantic Ocean at Alexander Bay, Northern Cape |
29°35′S 16°29′E / 29.583°S 16.483°E / -29.583; 16.483
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Os Spruit |
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Gauteng |
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Palala River (or Lephalala) |
A5 |
Limpopo |
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Palmiet River |
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Western Cape |
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Eikenhof Dam |
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Pienaars River |
A2 |
Gauteng and Northwest |
northwest of Bronkhorstspruit |
Crocodile River |
Roodeplaat Dam, Klipvoor Dam |
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Pienaars River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Plankenbrug River |
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Western Cape |
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Poesjenels River |
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Western Cape |
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Pongola River (or Phongolo) |
W5 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Riet River |
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Free State |
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Vaal River |
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Riet River (Eastern Cape) |
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Eastern Cape |
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Rietspruit |
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Free State |
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Riviersonderend (or Sonderend River) |
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Western Cape, Overberg |
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Rondegat River |
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Western Cape |
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Rooiels River |
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Western Cape |
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Rufanes River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Sabie River |
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Mpumalanga |
X3 |
Incomati River, Mozambique |
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Sak River |
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Northern Cape |
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Salt River |
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Western Cape Cape Town |
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Sand River |
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Limpopo Province |
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Limpopo River |
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Sand River |
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Free State |
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Vet River |
Allemanskraal Dam |
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Sandspruit |
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Free State |
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Sandlundlu River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Sandpoort River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Selons River |
B2 |
Mpumalanga |
Highveld east of Middelburg |
Olifants River |
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Near Loskop Dam |
25°22′15″S 29°23′42″E / 25.37083°S 29.39500°E / -25.37083; 29.39500 (Selons-Olifants confluence)
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Smalblaar River |
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Western Cape |
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Sout River |
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Western Cape, Cape Town |
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Spoeg River |
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Northern Cape |
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About 18 km SSE of Hondeklip Bay |
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Steelpoort River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Steenbras River |
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Western Cape |
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Sterkstroom River |
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North West |
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Buffelspoort Dam |
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Storms River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Suikerbosrant River |
C2 |
Gauteng |
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Vereeniging |
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Sundays River |
V1 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Tugela River |
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Sundays River |
M1 |
Eastern Cape |
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Darlington Dam |
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Swart River |
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Western Cape |
North of Caledon |
Bot River |
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Swartkops River |
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Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth |
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Tamboti River |
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Limpopo |
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Tarka River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Tele River |
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Eastern Cape |
Southern Drakensberg |
Orange River |
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near Palmietfontein |
30°24′18″S 27°33′30″E / 30.4049°S 27.5583°E / -30.4049; 27.5583
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Timbavati River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Olifants River |
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near Olifants Camp, Kruger National Park |
24°3′18″S 31°40′39″E / 24.05500°S 31.67750°E / -24.05500; 31.67750
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Tongati River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Touws River |
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Western Cape |
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Groot River |
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Treur River |
B6 |
Limpopo |
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Troe-Troe River |
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Northern Cape |
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Tsitsikamma River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Tsomo River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Tugela River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Tyhume River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Keiskamma River |
Binfield Park Dam |
South-east of Alice |
32°54′50″S 26°56′14″E / 32.91389°S 26.93722°E / -32.91389; 26.93722
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Uilkraal River |
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Western Cape |
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Gans Bay, Atlantic Ocean |
34°36′22″S 19°24′33″E / 34.60611°S 19.40917°E / -34.60611; 19.40917 (Uilkraal River mouth)
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Umbilo River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Umfolozi River (Zulu: Mfolozi) |
W |
KwaZulu-Natal |
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Maphelana, Indian Ocean |
28°23′52″S 32°25′27″E / 28.39778°S 32.42417°E / -28.39778; 32.42417 (Umfolozi River mouth)
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Black Umfolozi River (Zulu: Mfolozi emnyama) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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White Umfolozi River (Zulu: Mfolozi emhlophe) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Wilge River (Mpumalanga) |
B2 |
Mpumalanga |
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Olifants River |
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Wilge River (Free State) |
C8 |
Free State |
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Vaal Dam |
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Umgeni River(uMngeni) |
U2 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
East of Howick |
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Midmar Dam, Albert Falls Dam, Inanda Dam, Nagle Dam |
near Durban, Indian Ocean |
29°48′S 31°2′E / 29.800°S 31.033°E / -29.800; 31.033
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Umvoti River (or Mvoti River) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Umzimkulu River (Zulu: Mzimkulu) |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Usutu River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Uvuzana River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Vaal River |
C |
Free State and other |
North of Ermelo, Mpumalanga |
Orange River |
Bloemhof Dam, Vaal Dam, Douglas Weir |
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Vals River |
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Free State |
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Vaal River |
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Van Stadens River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Verlorevlei River |
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Western Cape |
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Elands Bay Atlantic Ocean |
32°18′54″S 18°20′15″E / 32.31500°S 18.33750°E / -32.31500; 18.33750 (Verlorevlei mouth)
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Vet River |
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Free State |
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Vaal River |
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Vier-en-twintig-riviere (English: 24 Rivers) |
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Western Cape |
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Waterval River |
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Mpumalanga |
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White Kei River |
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Eastern Cape |
North of Queenstown |
Great Kei River |
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Wilge River |
C8 |
Free State |
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Wilge River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Wit River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Wit River |
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Limpopo |
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Woes-Alleen River |
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Mpumalanga |
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Boschmanskop No 1 Dam |
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Wonderfonteinspruit |
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Xilinxa River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Xilinxa Dam |
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Xora River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Xuka River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Zandvlei |
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Western Cape |
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Zimbani River |
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Eastern Cape |
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Zinkwasi River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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Zotsha River |
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KwaZulu-Natal |
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