Great Fish River (South Africa)

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Name (Hebrew)
נהר גרייט פיש ריוור (דרום אפריקה)
Name (Latin)
Great Fish River (South Africa)
Other forms of name
Fish River (Eastern Cape, South Africa)
Groot-Vis River (South Africa)
Groot-Visrivier (South Africa)
Infante River (South Africa)
Oub River (South Africa)
Rio de Infante (South Africa)
Coordinates
27.13361111 27.13361111 -33.49416667 -33.49416667 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers South Africa
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1130009
Library of congress: sh2006004342
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Birch, N.V.E. The vegetation potential of natural rangelands in the mid-Fish River valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2000.
  • Wikipedia, June 9, 2006(Fish River (sometimes also known as the Great Fish River to distinguish it from the Fish River in Namibia) is a river in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa)
  • South African Geographical Names System, via WWW, June 9, 2006(no listing for Fish River or Great Fish River in Eastern Cape; listing for Fish River, river, Northern Cape, magisterial district: Sutherland K.P., latitude -32.2 longitude 20.4)
  • GEOnet, June 9, 2006(Great Fish River, STM, 33⁰29ʹ00ʺS 027⁰08ʹ00ʺE, South Africa, Eastern Cape, variants: Oub; Infante, Rio de; Groot-Visrivier; Groot-Vis; Great Fish)
  • Encyc. Britannica online, June 9, 2006(Great Fish River, Afrikaans Groot-Vis, river in the Cape Midlands, Eastern province, southern South Africa. The Great Fish River has a length of 430 miles (692 km) and a drainage area of 11,900 square miles (30,800 square km))
  • Tanser, F. Vegetation mapping of the Great Fish River basin, South Africa, 2000, via WWW, June 9, 2006:t.p. (Great Fish River basin (32⁰54ʹS, 26⁰35ʹ to 33⁰17ʹS, 27⁰08ʹE), Eastern Cape Province, South Africa)