Caledon River (South Africa)
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Name (Hebrew)
קלדון (דרום אפריקה)
Name (Latin)
Caledon River (South Africa)
Other forms of name
Mechachaneng River (South Africa)
Mohokare River (South Africa)
Coordinates
28.702924 28.702924 -28.617528 -28.617528 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers South Africa
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q509983
Library of congress:
sh2009002221
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Thorp, C.R. Hunter-gatherers and farmers, 2000:p. 1 (Caledon River)
- GEOnet, Mar. 11, 2009(Caledon River; stream; 30°31ʹ00ʺS 26°05ʹ00ʺE, South Africa; variants: Mechachaneng; Mohokare)
- Ewisa website, Mar. 11, 2009(Caledon River; tributary of Orange River)
- Britannica online WWW site, Mar. 16, 2009(Caledon River)
Wikipedia description:
The Caledon River (Sotho: Mohokare) is a major river located in central South Africa. Its total length is 642 km (399 mi), rising in the Drakensberg Mountains on the Lesotho border, flowing southwestward and then westward before joining the Orange River near Bethulie in the southern Free State. The river was originally named Prinses Wilhelminas Rivier in 1777, by Colonel R J Gordon.
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