Gariep River

E350266

river transboundary river

The Gariep River, more widely known as the Orange River, is one of southern Africa’s longest and most important rivers, flowing westward across South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gariep River canonical	2
Orange–Vaal river system	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Orange River ⓘ
basinCountry	Botswana ⓘ Lesotho ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Lesotho ⓘ Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
drainageBasin	Orange River ⓘ surface form: Orange River basin
economicImportance	major source of water for arid regions of South Africa and Namibia ⓘ
environmentalIssue	salinization in lower reaches ⓘ water abstraction for irrigation ⓘ
etymology	name Gariep derived from a Khoekhoe word for river ⓘ
flowsDirection	westward ⓘ
flowsInto	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
flowsThrough	Orange River Mouth Ramsar site ⓘ
formsBorderBetween	South Africa and Lesotho ⓘ South Africa and Namibia ⓘ
hasDam	Gariep Dam ⓘ Vanderkloof Dam ⓘ
hasEstuary	Orange River Mouth ⓘ surface form: Orange River estuary
lengthApproxKm	2160 ⓘ
lengthApproxMi	1340 ⓘ
majorTributary	Caledon River ⓘ Fish River (Namibia) ⓘ Vaal River ⓘ
mouth	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
mouthLocation	border of Namibia and South Africa ⓘ near Oranjemund ⓘ
namedAfter	Orange River named for the Dutch House of Orange ⓘ
passesNear	Oranjemund ⓘ Upington ⓘ
passesThrough	Eastern Cape ⓘ surface form: Eastern Cape province Free State ⓘ surface form: Free State province Northern Cape ⓘ surface form: Northern Cape province
politicalSignificance	important international watercourse in Southern Africa ⓘ
rankingByLengthInAfrica	one of the longest rivers in southern Africa ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
sourceLocation	Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ Lesotho Highlands ⓘ
use	agricultural water supply ⓘ domestic water supply ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Orange River → alsoKnownAs → Gariep River ⓘ

Gariep Dam → namedAfter → Gariep River ⓘ

Vaalharts River → partOf → Gariep River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange–Vaal river system