Sundays River

Look at Graaff-Reinet with the Sundays River before the city

The Sundays River ( Afrikaans: Sondagsrivier, isiXhosa: Nqweba in the Khoisan: Nukakamma ). 's A river in South Africa's Eastern Cape

River

The 250- kilometer Sundays River rises on the southern slopes of the 2504 meter high Kompasberg in the Sneeubergen, the highest mountain of the former Cape Province. It flows about südsüdostwärts and flows to the south of Colchester, about 40 kilometers east of Port Elizabeth, in Algoa Bay in the Indian Ocean. The name is derived from the fact that a commando unit under the Boers Andries Pretorius on Sunday, December 8, 1838, is said to have stored there. In the language of the Khoisan the river is called Nukakamma, German " grassy water " because the river banks are overgrown despite the semi-arid climate.

Riverside City Graaff- Reinet, is dammed in whose area the Sundays River as Nqweba Dam is located. Further south is the Darlington Dam. The underflow through the municipality Sundays River Valley and flows through the Addo Elephant National Park. The mouth is surrounded by a huge sandbar. The Sundays River is considered to be the fastest flowing river in South Africa.

Today's meaning

The Sundays River is connected by pipelines and the Orange -Fish River Tunnel with both the Orange and Port Elizabeth, so that water from the Orange River to Port Elizabeth can be conducted.

In the municipality Sundays River Valley Citrus fruits are grown using irrigation. The lies in the Sundays River Valley.

History

The Sundays River introduced around the turn of the 19th century, up to the Fourth border war, the border between the Cape Colony and the territories of the Xhosa Represents the area east of the Zuurveld, was at times a buffer zone.

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