Senqunyane River

Mohale Dam

The Senqunyane [ sɛ / ᵑ! Uɲɑnɪ ] ( from the river name Senqu and Sesotho nyane, small ', ie' Little Senqu " ) is a river in Lesotho. He is a right tributary of the Senqu, which is called in South Africa Orange or Orange River.

Geography

The Senqunyane rises in the westernmost mountains of the Maloti Mountains, the Front Range. At its source collide the three districts Maseru, Berea and Leribe. The Senqunyane only flows southwestward and then south. In Ha Marakabei he meets the road that leads from the Lowlands to the west by Lesotho Thaba- Tseka. It forms along its course almost everywhere district boundaries: the boundary of Berea and Thaba- Tseka district runs even completely along the Senqunyane. Just before it reaches the mouth of the Mohale Dam, part of the Lesotho Highland Water Project. The Senqunyane flows after around 200 kilometers at Ha Nkau in the Senqu, which forms the border between the districts of Mohale 's Hoek and Quthing there.

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