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The Great Fish River (called great to distinguish it from the Namibian Fish River) (Afrikaans: Groot-Visrivier) [1] is a river running 644 kilometres (400 mi) through the South African province of the Eastern Cape. The coastal area between Port Elizabeth and the Fish River mouth is known as the Sunshine Coast.
The Back River, formerly Backs River[5] (Dogrib: Thlewechodyeth, [6] Inuktitut: Haningayok, [7] or Great Fish River), is the 20th longest Canadian river and is located in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It rises at an unnamed lake in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories and flows more than 974 km (605 mi) [8] mostly ...
Great Fish River Nature Reserve. / 32.96278°S 26.84222°E / -32.96278; 26.84222. Great Fish River Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa that is managed by Eastern Cape Parks. [1] The park has a total area of 45,000 ha, and has been operational since 1994. It comprises three historical nature reserves ...
The Fish River Canyon (Afrikaans: Visrivier Canyon or Visrivier Kuil, German: Fischfluss Canyon), is located in the south of Namibia. It is the largest canyon in Africa, as well as the second most visited tourist attraction in Namibia. [2] It features a gigantic ravine, in total about 160 kilometres (100 mi) long, up to 27 km wide and in places ...
5880. Area code. 048. Cradock, officially Nxuba, is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in the upper valley of the Great Fish River, 250 kilometres (160 mi) by road northeast of Port Elizabeth. The town is the administrative seat of the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality in the Chris Hani District of the Eastern Cape.
6 metre diameter. Route map. Sunset at Oviston, Gariep Dam. The Orange–Fish Tunnel, constructed between 1966 and 1975, is an 82.8-kilometre (51.4-mile) long irrigation tunnel in central South Africa, built to divert water from the Orange River to the Fish River valley. It is the longest continuous enclosed aqueduct in the southern hemisphere.
Moretele River, then Crocodile River and Limpopo River. Bon Accord Dam. Makapanstad. 25°14′24″S28°08′36″E / 25.24000°S 28.14333°E / -25.24000; 28.14333 (Apies-Tshwane junction) As River (or Axel River) C8. Free State. Southeast of Bethlehem.
The Fish River-Sundays River Canal Scheme consists of a canal and tunnel system which supplies water from the Orange River to the Great Fish River Valley and subsequently to the Sundays River Valley in order to supplement the existing water supply of the Eastern Cape. Since 1992 the water from the Sundays River Valley has been supplied to ...