Orange River

E57129

international river river

The Orange River is the longest river in South Africa, flowing westward from the Drakensberg Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and forming part of the border with Namibia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Orange River canonical	47
Orange River basin	6
Orange River system	4
Orange River Basin	3
Orange River (as upper course)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international river ⓘ river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gariep River ⓘ Senqu River (in its upper course in Lesotho) ⓘ
basinCountry	Botswana ⓘ Lesotho ⓘ Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
basinSize	over 900000 km² (approximate) ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
crosses	South African provinces ⓘ
dischargesInto	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
economicSignificance	supports agriculture in arid regions of South Africa ⓘ
ecoregion	Nama Karoo ⓘ
flowsDirection	westward ⓘ
flowsThrough	Karoo ⓘ surface form: Karoo region Namaqualand ⓘ surface form: Namaqualand region
formsBorderOf	South Africa–Namibia border ⓘ
formsBorderWith	Namibia ⓘ
formsPartOfBorderBetween	Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
hasDam	Gariep Dam ⓘ Vanderkloof Dam ⓘ
hasEstuary	Orange River estuary at the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
length	about 2200 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Africa ⓘ
longestRiverIn	South Africa ⓘ
majorTributary	Caledon River ⓘ Fish River (Namibia) ⓘ Vaal River ⓘ
mouthLocation	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Orange River Mouth ⓘ
namedAfter	House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ surface form: House of Orange
passesThrough	Lesotho ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
politicalSignificance	forms international boundary ⓘ
region	Eastern Cape ⓘ Free State ⓘ Northern Cape ⓘ
sourceLocation	Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ Lesotho ⓘ
terminusNear	border of South Africa and Namibia at the Atlantic coast ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ recreation ⓘ water supply ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

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

Free State → contains → Orange River ⓘ

Free State → locatedOn → Orange River ⓘ

subject surface form: Gariep Dam

Northern Cape → contains → Orange River ⓘ

Northern Cape → riverBoundary → Orange River ⓘ

Lesotho → drainageBasinOf → Orange River ⓘ

Sub-Saharan Africa → hasMajorRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Southern Africa → hasMajorRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape → adjacentTo → Orange River ⓘ

Orange Free State → namedAfter → Orange River ⓘ

Orange Free State → majorRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Orange River Trek → location → Orange River ⓘ

Gariep Dam → locatedOnRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Gariep Dam → crosses → Orange River ⓘ

Augrabies Falls National Park → locatedOnRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Vaal River → mouth → Orange River ⓘ

Vaal River → flowsInto → Orange River ⓘ

Kalahari Basin → borders → Orange River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange River Basin

N10 national road → crosses → Orange River ⓘ

Richtersveld National Park → followsAlong → Orange River ⓘ

Orange River Sovereignty → namedAfter → Orange River ⓘ

Orange River Sovereignty → borderRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Orange River Colony → namedAfter → Orange River ⓘ

Karas Region → traversedByRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Sperrgebiet National Park → borderedBy → Orange River ⓘ

Orange River region → namedAfter → Orange River ⓘ

Orange River region → hasCentralFeature → Orange River ⓘ

Orange River region → riverSystem → Orange River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange River basin

Orange River Mouth → mouthOf → Orange River ⓘ

South Africa–Namibia border → followsRiver → Orange River ⓘ

South Africa–Namibia border → crossesRiver → Orange River ⓘ

Fish River (Namibia) → mouthOfWatercourse → Orange River ⓘ

Fish River (Namibia) → partOf → Orange River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange River basin

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