Vaal River

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geographical feature river

The Vaal River is one of South Africa’s major rivers, forming part of the border of Gauteng and serving as a key source of water for industry, agriculture, and urban areas.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Vaal River basin 2
Orange–Vaal river basin 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry South Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
environmentalIssue eutrophication ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
sewage contamination ⓘ
flowsInto Orange River NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsBorderWith Free State ⓘ
Gauteng ⓘ
North West Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDam Bloemhof Dam ⓘ
Vaal Dam ⓘ
hasTributary Klip River ⓘ
Vaalharts River ⓘ
Wilge River NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfName Afrikaans ⓘ
length approximately 1120 km ⓘ
locatedIn South Africa ⓘ
majorRiverOf South Africa ⓘ
mouth Orange River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning dull ⓘ
grey ⓘ
partOf Vaal River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Orange–Vaal river basin
passesNear Parys ⓘ
Sasolburg ⓘ
Vaal Triangle ⓘ
primaryUse agricultural irrigation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
urban water supply ⓘ
region Free State ⓘ
Highveld ⓘ
Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverSystem Orange River system ⓘ
sourceRegion Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Drakensberg

Mpumalanga NERFINISHED ⓘ
suppliesWaterTo Gauteng ⓘ
Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg metropolitan area

Tshwane ⓘ
surface form: Pretoria metropolitan area

Vanderbijlpark ⓘ
Vereeniging ⓘ
usedFor domestic water supply ⓘ
inland fisheries ⓘ
mining industry water supply ⓘ
power generation cooling water ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
waterManagementArea Lower Vaal Water Management Area ⓘ
Middle Vaal Water Management Area ⓘ
Upper Vaal Water Management Area ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Vaal Triangle → centeredOn → Vaal River ⓘ
Free State → contains → Vaal River ⓘ
Gauteng → hasMajorRiver → Vaal River ⓘ
Vaal Triangle → hasRiver → Vaal River ⓘ
subject surface form: Klerksdorp
this entity surface form: Vaal River basin
Vanderbijlpark → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ
Vereeniging → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ
Orange Free State → majorRiver → Vaal River ⓘ
Orange River → majorTributary → Vaal River ⓘ
Transvaal → namedAfter → Vaal River ⓘ
Vaal Triangle → namedAfter → Vaal River ⓘ
Vredefort Dome → nearRiver → Vaal River ⓘ
Vaal River → partOf → Vaal River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orange–Vaal river basin
Vaal Triangle → partOf → Vaal River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaal River basin