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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.
English: Map of the Orange River basin with major tributaries. Data from GTOPO30, HYDRO1k, and Natural Earth. Data from GTOPO30, HYDRO1k, and Natural Earth. Date
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Orange River. Locations are listed with the left bank (moving downriver) listed first. In Lesotho, the river is labeled as senqu in OpenStreetMap and as the Orange River in Google Maps. [1]
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 Augrabies Falls National Park covers an area of 820 km 2 [2] and stretches along the Orange River. The area is very arid. The waterfall is about 60 metres high [3] and is awe-inspiring when the river is in flood. The gorge below the falls averages about 240 m deep and runs for 18 kilometres.
The Vaal River (/ ˈ v ɑː l / Afrikaans pronunciation:; Khoemana: ǀHaiǃarib) is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa.The river has its source near Breyten in Mpumalanga province, east of Johannesburg and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Ermelo and only about 240 kilometres (150 mi) from the Indian Ocean. [1]
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The Namibia–South Africa border dispute centers on the precise demarcation along the Orange River, which forms the southern boundary of Namibia. Historically, the 1890 Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty between Britain and Germany set the boundary along the northern bank of the river. However, Namibia argues that, based on international principles and ...