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List of Rivers of South Africa Sl. No River Drainage Basin Province and location Source location (town / mountains) Tributary of (river) Dam in river Mouth / junction at location (town) Mouth / junction coordinates (Amanzimtoti River, (Manzimtoti River) (Toti River) U7 KwaZulu-Natal, Amanzimtoti northwest of Adams Mission Amanzimtoti, Indian Ocean 30°3′S 30°52′E / 30.050°S 30.867°E / -30.050; 30.867 (Amanzimtoti mouth 1 Tshwane River, then Pienaars 25°14′24″S 28°08′36″E / 25.24000°S 28.14333°E / -25.24000; 28.14333 (Apies-Tshwane 2 Apies River A2 Gauteng, Tshwane, Pretoria South of Pretoria Bon Accord Dam Makapanstad River and Limpopo River junction) -Liebenbergsvlei River, then 28°13′27″S 28°21′58″E / 28.22417°S 28.36611°E / -28.22417; 28.36611 (As 3 As River (or Axel River) C8 Free State Southeast of Bethlehem Sol Plaatjie Dam Wilge River Liebenbergsvlei junction) -27°04′46″S 31°02′19″E / 27.07944°S 31.03861°E / -27.07944; 31.03861 (Assegaai 4 Assegaai River W5 Mpumalanga North of Wakkerstroom Mkondo River Heyshope Dam Swaziland border Mkondo junction) 27°40′15″S 25°37′40″E / 27.67083°S 25.62778°E / -27.67083; 25.62778 (Bamboesspruit 5 Bamboesspruit (or Bamboes Spruit) C2 North West South of Ottosdal Vaal River Bloemhof Dam mouth) 33°39′53″S 24°23′37″E / 33.66472°S 24.39361°E / -33.66472; 24.39361 (Baviaanskloof 6 Baviaanskloof River L8 Western and Eastern Cape North of Plettenberg Bay Kouga River River junction) Bell River D1 Eastern Cape Near Naudé's Neck Kraai River, then Orange River Near Moshesh's Ford 30°51′08″S 27°46′43″E / 30.85222°S 27.77861°E / -30.85222; 27.77861 7 Berg River (or Great Berg River) G1 Western Cape Franschhoek Drakenstein Berg River Dam Velddrif north of Vredenburg, Atlantic Ocean 32°46′13.00″S 18°8′39.66″E / 32.7702778°S 18.1443500°E / -32.7702778; 18.1443500 8 29°59′43″S 24°46′48″E / 29.99528°S 24.78000°E / -29.99528; 24.78000 (Vanderkloof dam 9 Berg River D3 Free State 22 km Southwest of Jagersfontein Orange River Vanderkloof Dam Vanderkloof Dam tributary) between Port Alfred and East London, near Begha, 33°23′00″S 27°19′33″E / 33.38333°S 27.32583°E / -33.38333; 27.32583 (Bhira River 10 Bhira River R5 Eastern Cape North of Eleqolweni Indian Ocean mouth) 11 Bivane River W5 KwaZulu-Natal Pongola River Bivane Dam 12 Black Kei River Eastern Cape Southwest of Queenstown Great Kei River 13 Blesbokspruit (or Blesbok Spruit) C2 Gauteng North of Daveyton Vaal River 14 Blood River (or Ncome River) V3 KwaZulu-Natal Knight's Pass, Utrecht Buffalo River 28°45′30″S 30°08′55″E / 28.75833°S 30.14861°E / -28.75833; 30.14861 (Bloukrans-Tugela 15 Bloukrans River V1 KwaZulu-Natal North of Giant's Castle in the Drakensberg foothills Tugela River none near Tugela Estates, Weenen area confluence) 33°58′44″S 23°38′49″E / 33.97889°S 23.64694°E / -33.97889; 23.64694 (Blouwkrans River 16 Bloukrans River K Western and Eastern Cape border Near Peak Formosa n.a. Near Bloukrans Bridge mouth) 33°24′38″S 26°39′05″E / 33.41056°S 26.65139°E / -33.41056; 26.65139 (Bloukrans-Kowie 17 Bloukrans River Eastern Cape Near Grahamstown Kowie River none Near Langholm, Grahamstown confluence) 24°15′13″S 30°49′50″E / 24.25361°S 30.83056°E / -24.25361; 30.83056 (Blyde-Olifants 18 Blyde River (or Motlatse River) B6 Mpumalanga West of Sabie Olifants River Blyderivierpoort Dam Lissataba game farm, Mica area confluence) 34°36′21″S 19°24′32″E / 34.60583°S 19.40889°E / -34.60583; 19.40889 (Uilkraal River 19 Boesmans River Western Cape Northeast of Pearly Beach Uilkraal River Uilkraalsmond (south of Gans Bay), Atlantic Ocean mouth) 33°41′32″S 26°39′50″E / 33.69222°S 26.66389°E / -33.69222; 26.66389 (Boesmans River 20 Boesmans River Eastern Cape North of Kirkwood (Eastern Cape) Kenton on Sea, Indian Ocean mouth) Waterval River then into the 21 Boesmanspruit (or Boesman Spruit) Mpumalanga South of Secunda Vaal River 22 Bonte River Western Cape Alphen Dam (Bot River G Western Cape South of Teewaterskloof Dam Fortuin Reservoir Fischerhaven, Atlantic Ocean 34°22′05″S 19°05′53″E / 34.36806°S 19.09806°E / -34.36806; 19.09806 (Bot River mouth 23 24 Braamfontein Spruit (or Braamfonteinspruit) Gauteng Greymont Roodepoort Jukskei River Emmarentia Dam (Brak River A7 Limpopo Sand River (Polokwane) Magkabeng Plateau 22°36′15″S 29°44′0″E / 22.60417°S 29.73333°E / -22.60417; 29.73333 (Brak River mouth 25 near Ceres the Koekedou River and Dwars River become 34°24′15″S 20°51′06″E / 34.40417°S 20.85167°E / -34.40417; 20.85167 (Breede River 26 Breede River (or Breë River) H Western Cape, Overberg West of Mossel Bay, Indian Ocean the Bree River mouth) 27 Bronkhorst Spruit (or Bronkhorstspruit) B2 Gauteng Wilge River Bronkhorstspruit Dam 28 Buffeljags River Western Cape joining of the Tredou River and Grootvadersbos River Breede River Buffeljags Dam 33°01′45″S 27°54′57″E / 33.02917°S 27.91583°E / -33.02917; 27.91583 (Buffalo River 29 Buffalo River (Eastern Cape) R2 Eastern Cape Northwest of King William's Town Laing Dam, Bridle Drift Dam East London harbour mouth) 30 Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal) V3 KwaZulu-Natal northeast of Volksrust Tugela River 29°40′35″S 17°03′07″E / 29.67642°S 17.051811°E / -29.67642; 17.051811 (Buffels River 31 Buffels River F3 Northern Cape mouth (Northern Cape)) The Komsberg River and the Venters River, join together at Buffelspoort, the Klein-Swartberg River joins the 33°28′05″S 20°59′02″E / 33.467929°S 20.983973°E / -33.467929; 20.983973 (Buffels River 32 Buffels River J1 Western Cape Floriskraal Dam to become the Buffels River Buffels River to become the Groot River junction (Western Cape)) 33 Bushman River V KwaZulu-Natal at Giant's Castle Tugela River Wagendrift Dam Free State border Lesotho and 30°31′0″S 26°5′46″E / 30.51667°S 26.09611°E / -30.51667; 26.09611 (Caledon River 34 Caledon River D2 southwest of Witsieshoek Orange River Knellpoort Dam, Welbedacht Dam Bethulie South Africa mouth) 35 Chalumna River (or Tyolomnqa River) R4 Eastern Cape 36 Crocodile River X3 Mpumalanga North of Dullstroom Komati River Kwena Dam Komatipoort North West, Gauteng and Hartbeespoort Dam Roodekoppies 37 Crocodile River A3 Roodepoort Limpopo River Limpopo Dam 33°53′27″S 18°22′55″E / 33.89083°S 18.38194°E / -33.89083; 18.38194 (Diep River 38 Diep River G Western Cape North of Malmesbury Table Bay Cape Town mouth) 39 Diep River A7 Limpopo Southeast of Polokwane Sand River 40 Doring River Western Cape and Eastern Cape Northeast of Ceres Olifants River Doring River Dam 34°21′56″S 21°00′01″E / 34.36556°S 21.00028°E / -34.36556; 21.00028 (Duiwenhoks 41 Duiwenhoks River Western Cape North of Heidelberg West of Mossel Bay, Indian Ocean River mouth) Rust de Winter Dam, Rhenosterkop 24°55′27″S 29°20′45″E / 24.92417°S 29.34583°E / -24.92417; 29.34583 (Elands-Olifants 42 Elands River B2 Gauteng Near Rayton Olifants River Marble Hall Dam confluence) 24°17′18″S 27°31′8″E / 24.28833°S 27.51889°E / -24.28833; 27.51889 (Elands-Crocodile 43 Elands River A North West Province Near Koster Crocodile River (West) Vaalkop Dam confluence) 44 Elands River X3 Mpumalanga Northeast of Belfast Crocodile River (East) 45 Ga-Selati River Limpopo Wolkberg Olifants River South of Phalaborwa 46 Gamka River J Western Cape North of Beaufort West Gourits River Gamkapoort Dam South of Calitzdorp The Kouga River and Groot River become the Gamtoos 33°58′12″S 25°02′03″E / 33.97000°S 25.03417°E / -33.97000; 25.03417 (Gamtoos River 47 Gamtoos River L9 Eastern Cape Northeast of Jeffreys Bay River Mouth) The Gamka River and Olifants River become the Gourits 34°20′47″S 21°53′08″E / 34.34639°S 21.88556°E / -34.34639; 21.88556 (Gourits River 48 Gouritz River (or Gourits River) Western Cape at Gouritsmond River mouth) 33°29′44″S 27°08′09″E / 33.49556°S 27.13583°E / -33.49556; 27.13583 (Great Fish River 49 Great Fish River (Groot-Vis River) Eastern Cape East of Graaff-Reinet North of Seafield, Indian Ocean mouth) About 120 km NNW of Strandfontein by Green River 50 Groenrivier (Green River) Northern Cape Mouth Lighthouse The Swart-Kei River and the White Kei River become the 32°40′45″S 28°23′07″E / 32.67917°S 28.38528°E / -32.67917; 28.38528 (Groot-Kei 51 Great Kei River (Groot-Kei) Eastern Cape Kei Mouth, Indian Ocean Great Kei River Mouth) The Great Letaba River and Little Letaba River become 52 Great Letaba River B8 Limpopo Letaba River Ebenezer Dam the Letaba River KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and 26°10′22″S 32°41′45″E / 26.17278°S 32.69583°E / -26.17278; 32.69583 (Maputo River 53 Great Usutu River (or Maputo River) W5 Northwest of Amsterdam South of Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique mouth) Perdeberg River, Tweeriviere 54 Great Brak River K Western Cape Wolwedans Dam Great Brak River, Indian Ocean River and Varings River 55 Groot Brak River Eastern Cape North of Steynsburg Teebusspruit Great Fish River 56 Groot Marico River (or Great Marico River) North West 57 Groot River Eastern Cape where the Kariega River and Sout River join Gamtoos River Beervlei Dam partly the border between The Buffels River becomes the Groot River from where 58 Groot River Gouritz River Beervlei Dam Eastern Cape and Western Cape the Klein-Swartberg River joins the Buffels 59 Groot River Western Cape Doring River 60 Groot Vet River Free State 61 Groot Vlei River Eastern Cape 62 Hantams River Northern Cape 63 Hartbees River Northern Cape 64 Hartenbos River Western Cape 65 Harts River North West 66 Hennops River Gauteng East of Tembisa Crocodile River 67 Hex River H Western Cape Breede River 68 Hex River North West Elands River Bospoort Dam
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