Sonderend River
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Sonderend River Sonderendrivier |
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 Rivers in South Africa |
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| location | South Africa ( Western Cape Province ) | |
| River system | Breede River | |
| Drain over | Breede River → Indian Ocean | |
| source | Southern Kapfaltengebirge 34 ° 1 '13 " S , 18 ° 59' 55" O |
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| muzzle | west of Swellendam in the Breede River Coordinates: 34 ° 4 ′ 15 ″ E , 20 ° 17 ′ 8 ″ E 34 ° 4 ′ 15 ″ S , 20 ° 17 ′ 8 ″ E
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 The Sonderend River in Riviersonderend |
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The Sonderend River ( Afrikaans Sonderend Rivier ) is an approximately 170 kilometers long South African body of water in the Western Cape Province . It flows into the Breede River .
Due to its catchment area with high rainfall rates, it is the most productive tributary of the Breede River . The source branches of the Sonderend River are in the southern regions of the Kapfaltengebirge near Franschhoek , Jonkershoek and Wemmershoek . Upstream, it feeds one of the most important drinking water reservoirs for the Cape Town metropolitan region , the Theewaterskloof reservoir. Other short rivers come from the Riversonderend Mountains and flow into the Sonderend River at Greyton and Genadendal .
Although the Sonderend River reliably has greater flow rates during the year, the older irrigation areas in its semi-arid valley were small and only two in number. It's the agricultural areas around Greyton and Stormsvley .
Dams
- Theewaterskloof Dam
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Traugott Molter: Water balance and irrigation agriculture in the Cape . Franz Steiner Verlag , Wiesbaden 1966, p. 102
