Orange River

Orange River, also Gariep, is the chief river of South Africa, rises in the eastern highlands of Basutoland, and flows 100 miles westward to the Atlantic, receiving the Vaal and the Caledon as tributaries, and having Cape Colony on the South bank and the Orange Free State, Griqualand West, Bechuanaland, and German Namaqualand on the North. A bar at the mouth and the aridity of its lower course make it unfit for navigation.

Nearby pages
Orange River Colony, Orangemen, Oraon, Oratorio, Oravakallu, Orbital ring