Sand River (Free State)

BW

The sand (English: Sand River, Afrikaans: Sandri Four ) is a river in South Africa's Free State Province. It is a tributary of the Vet, which is a tributary of the Vaal, which in turn flows into the Oranje.

The sand originates northwest of Ficksburg in the Witte Bergen near the border with Lesotho. From there it flows northward to the north of Sandspruit Senekal to flow after the confluence westward. It flows through the 1960's created, 265 -acre reservoir Dam reservoir Allemanskraal and the city of Virginia and flows southwest of Welkom and finally east of Tierfontein in the Vet

On January 17, 1852, the Sand River Convention was held on the sand about 15 kilometers south of Ventersburg. Here, the Boers and the British agreed that the Orange River Sovereignty, an area between the Orange and Vaal and forerunner of the Orange Free State, british remained the Boer territories were north of the Vaal respected by the British abolished slavery in the Boer areas would. A monument near the bridge of the present N1 over the sand reminded.

In 1988, the sand in Virginia over the banks and flooded large parts of the city.

• River system Oranje
• River in Africa
• River in South Africa