Kraai River

Kraai River
River
A special tourist train steaming across the Kraai River bridge near Lady Grey in 1979
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Part of	Orange River
Tributaries
- left	Karnmelkspruit
- right	Bell River
Source
- location	Moshesh's Ford
- elevation	1,845 m (6,053 ft)
- coordinates	30°51′9″S 27°46′40″E / 30.85250°S 27.77778°E / -30.85250; 27.77778
Mouth
- location	Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- elevation	1,340 m (4,396 ft)
- coordinates	30°40′2″S 26°45′6″E / 30.66722°S 26.75167°E / -30.66722; 26.75167Coordinates: 30°40′2″S 26°45′6″E / 30.66722°S 26.75167°E / -30.66722; 26.75167

Kraai River is a tributary of the Orange or Gariep River that flows near Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The Kraai River originates in the mountains south of Lesotho and flows westward from the confluence of the Bell River and the Sterkspruit at Moshesh's Ford at 30°51′09″S 27°46′40″E / 30.852558°S 27.7777527°E / -30.852558; 27.7777527 all the way to Aliwal North, where it joins the Orange River at 30°40′02″S 26°45′06″E / 30.66715°S 26.75177°E / -30.66715; 26.75177.^[1]

Major tributaries

• Bell River and a tributary of the Bell, the Kloppershoekspruit
• Sterkspruit, its tributaries are the Bokspruit and Riflespruit
• Joggemspruit
• Langkloofspruit
• Diepspruit and its tributary, the Three Drifts Stream
• Carlisleshoekspruit and the Maartenshoekspruit
• Klein Wildebeestspruit
• Saalboomspruit and its tributary, the Vaalhoekspruit
• Karnmelkspruit

See also

• List of rivers of South Africa
• List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa

References