Klip River
River in Gauteng, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the river in Gauteng. For the river in KwaZulu-Natal, see Klip River (KwaZulu-Natal).
The Klip River (or in Afrikaans: Kliprivier, lit. 'Stone river') is the main river draining the portion of Johannesburg south of the Witwatersrand, and its basin includes the Johannesburg CBD and Soweto.[1] The mouth of the river is at Vereeniging where it empties into the Vaal River,[2] which is a tributary to the Orange River. Besides Vereeniging, other towns along the river include Henley on Klip, Lenasia and Meyerton.
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Klip River Kliprivier | |
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Location | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Vaal River at Vereeniging |
• coordinates | 26°40′15″S 27°57′15″E |
• elevation | 1,414 m (4,639 ft) |
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