| Groot River | |
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The Groot River near Nature's Valley
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| Country | South Africa |
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| States | Eastern Cape, Western Cape |
| Source | _ |
| Mouth | Indian Ocean |
| - location | Nature's Valley, Western Cape, South Africa |
| - elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
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| Wikimedia Commons: Groot River (Eastern Cape) | |
The Groot River is a river in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa.
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.