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  2. List of drainage basins of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    B ^ The Limpopo River Basin is not wholly located within South Africa, it straddles four countries, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. [1] C ^ The Tugela and Vaal drainage basins are linked with the Tugela-Vaal Water Project , an interbasin transfer scheme across the Drakensberg watershed that supplies additional water to the Vaal ...

  3. Water supply and sanitation in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    In South Africa, the main driver for wastewater reuse is drought conditions. [18] For example, in Beaufort West, South Africa's a direct wastewater reclamation plant (WRP) for the production of drinking water was constructed in the end of 2010, as a result of acute water scarcity (production of 2,300 m 3 per day).

  4. List of Ramsar sites in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    A 5 km long and 2.5km wide, permanent, alkaline, freshwater lake, surrounded by grassland. 31.18. 12/03/1975. [1] Berg Estuary. Velddrif. 32°51′S 18°15′E. /  32.850°S 18.250°E  / -32.850; 18.250. Wetland mudflat vegetation in a flood plain that contains 127 waterbird species.

  5. Orange River - Wikipedia

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    Orange River. The Orange River (from Afrikaans / Dutch: Oranjerivier) is a river in Southern Africa. It is the longest river in South Africa. With a total length of 2,432 km (1,511 mi), the Orange River Basin extends from Lesotho into South Africa and Namibia to the north. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards ...

  6. Drainage - Wikipedia

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    Drainage. High-density polyethylene pipe installation in a storm drain project, Mexico. Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils can prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that harm root growth), but many ...

  7. Sava - Wikipedia

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    Use of water for public water supply in the Sava River basin is estimated at 783,000,000 cubic metres (2.77 × 10 10 cubic feet) per year, and another 289,000,000 cubic metres (1.02 × 10 10 cubic feet) of water per year is used for industrial production purposes.

  8. List of municipalities in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The municipalities of South Africa as of 2016. This is a list of municipalities of South Africa.The largest metropolitan areas are governed by metropolitan municipalities, while the rest of the country is divided into district municipalities, each of which consists of several local municipalities.

  9. List of rivers of South Africa - Wikipedia

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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 ...