Senqu River (in its upper course in Lesotho)

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headwaters of the Orange River river

The Senqu River is the high-altitude headwaters of southern Africa’s Orange River, rising in the mountains of Lesotho and flowing westward toward the Atlantic Ocean.

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Label Occurrences
Senqu River (in its upper course in Lesotho) canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf headwaters of the Orange River ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedWithProject Lesotho Highlands Water Project ⓘ
basinCountry Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
climateZone temperate highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Lesotho ⓘ
drainageBasin Orange River ⓘ
surface form: Orange River Basin
drains eastern and central Lesotho ⓘ
elevation high-altitude ⓘ
fedBy snowmelt ⓘ
summer rainfall ⓘ
flowsDirection westward ⓘ
flowsIntoCountry South Africa (as Orange River) ⓘ
flowsThrough Lesotho ⓘ
flowsThroughDistrict Mokhotlong District ⓘ
Qacha’s Nek District ⓘ
Thaba-Tseka District ⓘ
surface form: Quthing District

Thaba-Tseka District ⓘ
flowsToward Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
formsBorderBetween Lesotho and South Africa (in some reaches) ⓘ
hasCharacteristic deep valleys and gorges ⓘ
steep gradients in upper course ⓘ
hasTributary Senqunyane River ⓘ
surface form: Khubelu River

Senqunyane River ⓘ
surface form: Mokhotlong River

Quthing River ⓘ
Senqunyane River ⓘ
Tsoelike River ⓘ
hasUse domestic water supply ⓘ
hydropower potential ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
languageNameInSesotho Senqu ⓘ
locatedIn Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Lesotho Highlands ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
majorRoleIn Lesotho water resources ⓘ
sediment transport to Orange River ⓘ
mouth Orange River ⓘ
surface form: Orange River (as upper course)
partOf Orange River ⓘ
surface form: Orange River system
region Lesotho highlands plateau ⓘ
sourceFor Orange River ⓘ
sourceRegion Maloti Mountains ⓘ
eastern Lesotho ⓘ
tributaryOf Orange River ⓘ
upperCourseNameOf Orange River ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orange River → alsoKnownAs → Senqu River (in its upper course in Lesotho) ⓘ