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Groot River (Eastern Cape)
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The Groot River is a river in the Eastern Cape
and Western Cape
provinces of South Africa
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The Touws River tributary rises in the Matroosberg Mountains and flows east through the town of the same name
and south into the Little Karoo, where it joins the Groot River
. The Buffels River tributary rises in the Great Karoo and flows south through Laingsburg
and the Klein Swartberg Mountains into the Little Karoo. It eventually becomes the Groot River
about 50 km before its confluence with the Touws River, and then flows east, past Van Wyksdorp, to its confluence with the Gouritz River.
In fact: At the point where the Buffels River and the Klein-Swartberg River meet, the name changes to Groot River at this stage the river runs south until the Touws River joints it, it the turns east, it suddenly dips south again before it joins the Gouritz River.
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
and Western Cape
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
provinces of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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The Touws River tributary rises in the Matroosberg Mountains and flows east through the town of the same name
Touws River (town)
Touws River is a small railway town of 6,800 people in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located on the river of the same name, about north-east of Cape Town.-History:...
and south into the Little Karoo, where it joins the Groot River
Groot River
Groot River may refer to any of the following rivers in South Africa:* Groot River * Groot River * Groot River * Orange River...
. The Buffels River tributary rises in the Great Karoo and flows south through Laingsburg
Laingsburg
- South Africa :* Laingsburg Local Municipality, in the Western Cape province* Laingsburg, Western Cape, a town in the Laingsburg Local Municipality, Western Cape...
and the Klein Swartberg Mountains into the Little Karoo. It eventually becomes the Groot River
Groot River
Groot River may refer to any of the following rivers in South Africa:* Groot River * Groot River * Groot River * Orange River...
about 50 km before its confluence with the Touws River, and then flows east, past Van Wyksdorp, to its confluence with the Gouritz River.
In fact: At the point where the Buffels River and the Klein-Swartberg River meet, the name changes to Groot River at this stage the river runs south until the Touws River joints it, it the turns east, it suddenly dips south again before it joins the Gouritz River.
Dams in the Groot River
- Floriskraal DamFloriskraal DamFloriskraal Dam is a dam on the Buffels River, near Laingsburg, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1957.- References :* from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry...
(capacity 50300000 cubic metres (1,776,327,710.5 cu ft)), - Verkeerdevlei Dam (capacity 5500000 cubic metres (194,230,664.2 cu ft)),
- Bellair Dam (capacity 10100000 cubic metres (356,678,128.7 cu ft)),
- Miertjieskraal Dam