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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Vaal River canonical	35
Vaal River basin	10
Vaal River system	2
Orange–Vaal river basin	1
Vaal River Basin	1
Vaal River catchment	1
Vaal River catchment area	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 ⓘ
formsBorderWith	Free State ⓘ Gauteng ⓘ North West Province ⓘ
hasDam	Bloemhof Dam ⓘ Vaal Dam ⓘ
hasTributary	Klip River ⓘ Vaalharts River ⓘ Wilge River ⓘ
languageOfName	Afrikaans ⓘ
length	approximately 1120 km ⓘ
locatedIn	South Africa ⓘ
majorRiverOf	South Africa ⓘ
mouth	Orange River ⓘ
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 ⓘ
riverSystem	Orange River system ⓘ
sourceRegion	Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ surface form: Drakensberg Mpumalanga ⓘ
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 (51)

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

Gauteng → hasMajorRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Free State → contains → Vaal River ⓘ

Transvaal → namedAfter → Vaal River ⓘ

Vredefort Dome → nearRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Vereeniging → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Orange Free State → majorRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Orange River → majorTributary → Vaal River ⓘ

Vanderbijlpark → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Vaal Triangle → namedAfter → Vaal River ⓘ

Vaal Triangle → centeredOn → Vaal River ⓘ

Vaal Triangle → partOf → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Vaal Triangle → hasRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Sedibeng District Municipality → hasRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Sedibeng District Municipality → locatedOn → Vaal River ⓘ

Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa → locatedOn → Vaal River ⓘ

subject surface form: Klerksdorp

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Vaal River → partOf → Vaal River self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orange–Vaal river basin

town of Vredefort → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

subject surface form: Vredefort

Sasolburg → locatedNear → Vaal River ⓘ

Sasolburg → hasRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

George William Stow (as a coal-mining town proposal) → associatedWithRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

subject surface form: George William Stow (coal-mining town proposal)

Parys → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Standerton → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Standerton → riverBasin → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Orange River Sovereignty → borderRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Klerksdorp → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Pretoria–Witwatersrand–Vereeniging conurbation → traversedBy → Vaal River ⓘ

Vaal River waterfront → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Vaal River industrial corridor → follows → Vaal River ⓘ

Vaal River industrial corridor → hasRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Vaal River industrial corridor → waterSource → Vaal River ⓘ

Emfuleni Local Municipality → traversedBy → Vaal River ⓘ

Metsimaholo Local Municipality → borderedByRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Fezile Dabi District Municipality → containsRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Fezile Dabi District Municipality → locatedOn → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Vaal Dam → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Upper Vaal Water Management Area → locatedIn → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Upper Vaal Water Management Area → hasPrimaryRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Johannesburg drainage system → drainsTo → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Bloemhof Dam → locatedOnRiver → Vaal River ⓘ

Bloemhof Dam → partOf → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River system

Bloemhof Dam → waterSource → Vaal River ⓘ

Middle Vaal Water Management Area → locatedIn → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River catchment

Middle Vaal Water Management Area → partOf → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River system

Middle Vaal Water Management Area → riverBasin → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Middle Vaal Water Management Area → watercourse → Vaal River ⓘ

Lower Vaal Water Management Area → locatedIn → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River Basin

Lower Vaal Water Management Area → riverSystem → Vaal River ⓘ

Gariep River → majorTributary → Vaal River ⓘ

Klip River → partOf → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River basin

Klip River → partOf → Vaal River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vaal River catchment area