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River Journey: an Exploration of the Orange–Senqu River Basin for Children Pule’s River Journey: An Exploration of the Orange–Senqu River Basin for Children Harare Namibia Zimbabwe Windhoek Botswana Nossob zambique Gaborone o M Pretoria o F ish Mbabane Maputo Molop aal Swazi- V Land Atlantic ange–S Or en Ocean q u Maseru Bloemfontein Lesotho Indian South Africa Ocean International border Capital city City River Dam 0 250 500 kilometres Orange–Senqu River basin UNDP partners with people at all levels of society to help build nations that can withstand crisis, and drive and sustain the kind of growth that improves the quality of life for everyone. On the ground in 177 countries and territories, we offer global perspective and local insight to help empower lives and build resilient nations. www.undp.org The GEF unites 182 countries in partnership with international institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. Today the GEF is the largest public funder of projects to improve the global environment. An independently operating financial organization, the GEF provides grants for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, the ozone layer, and persistent organic pollutants. Since 1991, GEF has achieved a strong track record with developing countries and countries with economies in transition, providing $9.2 billion in grants and leveraging $40 billion in co-financing for over 2 700 projects in over 168 countries. www.thegef.org PULE’S RIVER JOURNEY: AN EXPLoraTION OF THE OraNGE–SENQU RIVER BASIN FOR CHILDREN ORASECOM REPORT 009/2014 PRODUCED BY THE UNDP–GEF OraNGE–SENQU STraTEGIC ACTION PROGramme PUBLISHED BY THE OraNGE–SENQU RIVER COMMISSION (ORASECOM), WWW.orasecom.ORG First published in 2014 Copyright © ORASECOM, www.orasecom.org Copyright © photographs with photographers and sources listed on page 51 ISBN 978-0-620-61406-1 (print) ISBN 978-0-620-61407-8 (pdf) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including film, microfilm, transparency, photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the copyright holder. Manuscript conceptualisation and development by Wordcentric Technical editing by Carole Roberts Design and layout by Handmade Communications Pule’s River Journey: An Exploration of the Orange–Senqu River Basin for Children Introduction Hi! I’m Pule from Bloemfontein. This is the story of an amazing adventure I went on. My cousin Lebo is very, very clever. She’s studying for a science degree at the university. She is working on a project where people are finding out more about some of the biggest rivers in this part of Africa. One of these rivers is called the Senqu River in Lesotho. It becomes the Orange River in South Africa where it is joined by another big river called the Vaal River. Lebo is studying the area around all these rivers. This area is called the Orange–Senqu River basin. Scientists often have to visit different places to find information and that’s what Lebo had to do. She asked my parents if I could go with her on her trip to the Orange– Senqu River basin during the school holidays. You are reading my diary. It has everything in it that I Lebo 2 learnt about the Orange–Senqu River basin! Harare Namibia Zimbabwe Where I live Windhoek Botswana Nossob zambique Gaborone o M Pretoria o F ish Mbabane Maputo Molop The Orange— aal Swazi- V Land Atlantic Senqu River ange–S Or en Ocean q Basin area u Maseru Bloemfontein Indian that Lebo is Lesotho South Africa Ocean researching International border Capital city City A map of southern River Africa that Lebo Dam 0 250 500 kilometres gave me Orange–Senqu River basin 20 November This is the start of my diary. Lebo told me why we are going on this trip. This is what she said: “The Orange–Senqu River basin includes land in four countries — Lesotho, Botswana, South Africa and Namibia. Millions of people depend on the water in the Orange–Senqu River basin area. They use it for farming, making things, mining, drinking and household things like washing and cleaning. But there are many problems in the basin area: soil is being washed away by the rivers, the water is being polluted and in some places, there is not enough water. (This seems strange for a river basin, but that’s what Lebo said!) The Orange–Senqu River is the same river that flows through all four countries. So, what happens at the start of the river in Lesotho can affect the people further down the river in Namibia, over 2 000 kilometres away. Some problems need to be solved by the governments of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Lesotho together. Other problems are being solved 3 by projects that help people who live along the rivers. It’s important to make good decisions about how to solve the problems in the river basin. You have to have the right information to make good decisions. That’s what Lebo will be doing — getting information on the problems people have with their water. And I’m going to help her! 1. Can you find where you live The Orange–Senqu River is one of the longest rivers in southern on the map? Africa, but there are rivers in the world that are much longer. Some of the longest rivers in the world are: 2. Is your home in the Orange–Senqu River basin? Nile, Africa 6 650 km 3. Use the map to find: Amazon, South America 6 400 km two oceans Yangtze, Asia 6 300 km six countries six capital cities Congo, Africa 4 700 km Mississippi, North America 3 770 km Zambezi, Africa 2 600 km Our trip Nami bia 22 November Charles Hill Gobabis Windhoek B otswa n a Lebo showed me the places we will be travelling to. I can’t believe it — we will be travelling right Rehoboth across most of southern Africa! The length Leonardville of the Orange—Senqu River is over 2 000 Kukantsi Zutshwa kilometres. It’s nearly 2 kilometres from home Stampriet Tshane Molepolole Fis N h O o l ss if o a b Jwaneng to my school. So the river flows for over 1 000 Mariental n Gaborone t s times that distance! Kayne Kgalagadi Lobatse Auo Transfontier b Werda M Good Hope Park olo po Pretoria Tshabong Mahikeng BekkersdalJohannesburg Keetmanshoop Khawa Middelpits Potchefstroom Vereeniging Vaalhoek n al ma Vanderbijlpark Va Seeheim uru K Vryburg s Klerksdorp o rt p a lo H Vaal Dam o Orkney /Ais-/Ais– M Kuruman Bloemhof 4 Richtersveld Taung Dam Vaal Transfontier Park Sand Warrenton ge Find on the map: Wil Upington Springfontein V Sendelingsdrift Aussenkehr Delportshoop et Sterkfontein Dam e Riverton kare the start of the Senqu River in g l oho Noordoewer ran a M O Keimoes a V Kimberley Alexander Bay Orange H Modder Ficksburg a Kakamas Lesotho. (Use your finger to trace the r Douglas Vioolsdrift tb n Katse Dam e do e Bloemfontein le river all the way to the sea.) Pofadder s ge a Maputsoe an R ort C r ie po u O Jacobsdal t iet q R n O Maseru e dams along the Orange–Senqu River. ra S Springbok k Prieska ng Wepener Sa e Mohale Dam Brak towns and cities along the Orange– Vanderkloof Philippolis Trompsburg L eso tho Senqu River. Dam Springfontein Mt. Moorosi i e ge o n k ra Quthing e O De Aar e two rivers that join the Orange River: Atlantic S Gariep raai Indian Dam Aliwal North K the Vaal River and the Fish River. k Bra k ein Ocean Sa Kl Ocean ak Br Middelburg V R i ie s t Places we visited Our route Towns East London Rivers that ow all year (perennial) Rivers that ow after good S o uth A f r i c a rains (ephemeral) Cape Town Port Elizabeth Dam Orange–Senqu River basin 0 100 200 300 400 500 kilometres International border Places we visited Nami bia Did you know that the Molopo River used to reach the Orange River, but it doesn’t anymore because it doesn’t have enough water in it and sand dunes have Charles Hill Gobabis now blocked its path? Windhoek B otswa n a Rehoboth Leonardville Kukantsi Zutshwa Stampriet Tshane Molepolole Fis N h O o l ss if o a b Jwaneng Mariental n Gaborone t s Kayne Kgalagadi Lobatse Auo Transfontier b Werda M Good Hope Park olo po Pretoria Tshabong Mahikeng BekkersdalJohannesburg Keetmanshoop Khawa Middelpits Potchefstroom Vereeniging Vaalhoek n al ma Vanderbijlpark Va Seeheim uru K Vryburg s Klerksdorp o rt p a lo H Vaal Dam o Orkney /Ais-/Ais– M Kuruman Bloemhof Richtersveld Taung Dam Vaal 5 Transfontier Park Sand Warrenton ge Wil Upington Springfontein V Sendelingsdrift Aussenkehr Delportshoop et Sterkfontein Dam e Riverton kare g l oho Noordoewer ran a M O Keimoes a V Kimberley Alexander Bay Orange H Modder Ficksburg a Kakamas r Douglas Vioolsdrift tb n Katse Dam e do e Bloemfontein le Pofadder s ge a Maputsoe an R ort C r ie po u O Jacobsdal t iet q R n O Maseru e ra S Springbok k Prieska ng Wepener Sa e Mohale Dam Brak Vanderkloof Philippolis Trompsburg L eso tho Dam Springfontein Mt. Moorosi i e ge o n k ra Quthing e O De Aar e Atlantic S Gariep raai Indian Dam Aliwal North K k Bra k ein Ocean Sa Kl Ocean ak Br Middelburg V R i ie s t Places we visited Our route Towns East London Rivers that ow all year (perennial) Rivers that ow after good S o uth A f r i c a rains (ephemeral) Cape Town Port Elizabeth Dam Orange–Senqu River basin 0 100 200 300 400 500 kilometres International border About rivers 26 November I showed my teacher the map of where I will be going with Lebo.
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