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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 ...
Phiri is a township in the urban area of Soweto in South Africa. The township was founded in 1956, as part of the demographic reorganization started by the state that year. Phiri, along with several other areas, was created to house Sotho and Tswana-speakers. [2] Phiri is the Sotho word for hyena.
This is a list of rivers in Africa. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. See below each river's article for its tributaries, drainage areas, etc. Southern Africa
"Soweto" is the title of the opening track of the album Joined at the Hip, by Bob James and Kirk Whalum. Brazilian singer-songwriter Djavan, in his 1987 album Não É Azul, mas É Mar, recorded a song called Soweto. [77] Also this song inspired the naming of Brazilian pagode group Soweto.
Noordgesig (meaning "north view/facing") is a township in Soweto, situated at the edge of area's northernmost boundary, but within its territory. It is the first township seen on entering Soweto from the frequently used New Canada Road. Noordgesig is a Coloured township. It is colloquially called "Bulte"(meaning Hills) by its residence and ...
The river crossing point was on an old wagon route that lead from Pretoria in the north-east to Potchefstroom in the south-west. [7] The area was said to have been settled in 1840s as farmland and the area acquired its name in 1866 after the Mulder family when they camped close to the river when they were unable to across the drift due to ...
It includes lakes that were formed naturally, and a few wetlands. For artificial lakes such as reservoirs, refer to List of dams and reservoirs in South Africa . For estuaries (river mouths) see List of estuaries of South Africa , or if they are more the lagoon type List of lagoons of South Africa , and for bays see List of bays of South Africa .
Map of the Central African Republic with the main rivers. This is a list of rivers in Central African Republic. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.