Riet River
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This article is about the tributary of the Vaal River. For the river of the Olifants/Doring basin, see Riet River (Doring).
| Riet (Gama-!ab) | |
| Gmaap | |
| River | |
| Name origin: Native name Gama-!ab meaning 'muddy' in !Kora language | |
| Country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Regions | Free State, Northern Cape |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Modder River |
| Source | |
| - location | Near Smithfield |
| Mouth | Vaal River |
| - location | Confluence |
| - elevation | 1,001 m (3,284 ft) |
| - coordinates | 28°59′58″S 23°53′17″E / 28.99944°S 23.88806°E |
| Length | 300 km (186 mi) |
  Location of the Riet River mouth
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The Riet River is a westward-flowing tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa. In precolonial times the Riet was known as the Gama-!ab (or Gmaap), a !Kora name meaning 'muddy'. Its main tributary is the Modder River and after the confluence the Riet River flows westwards to meet the Vaal.[1]
The Riet flows about 300 km from the vicinity of the eastern Free State town of Smithfield and has a confluence with the Vaal River upstream from the Northern Cape town of Douglas.[2]
See also
- List of rivers in South Africa
- Siege of Kimberley
- Battle of Paardeberg
References
- ↑ Upper Orange WMA 13
- ↑ Morris, D. 2002. Driekopseiland and 'the rain's magic power': landscape and history in a new interpretation of a Northern Cape rock engraving site. MA dissertation, Dept Anthropology and Sociology, University of the Western Cape
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