Molopo River

river
Mouth of the watercourse	Orange River
Tributary	Nossob River
Drainage basin	Orange River basin
Country	Botswana, South Africa
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	North West
Coordinate location	25°53′8″S 26°1′27″E, 28°31′2″S 20°12′46″E

De Molopo River (Afrikaans: Moloporivier) be one of de main rivers insyd Southern Africa. E get a length of approximately 960 kilometres den a catchment area of 367,201 km² wey Botswana, Namibia den South Africa dey share roughly about a third of de basin each.^[1]

Course

Ein source be insyd de Molopo Oog (Eye of Molopo insyd Afrikaans), den de river generally dey flow first to de west, den then to de southwest from ein source. Insyd ein middle course de Molopo River dey form a significant section of de border between Botswana den South Africa.

River flow be intermittent den wen e dey flow, ein water flows very slowly dey owe to a gradient of only 0.76 m/km. Floods be rare secof de vast sandveld areas of de Kalahari Desert on de Namibian side of ein basin absorb all water from de seasonal rains. In case of exceptionally heavy den continuous precipitation de flow dey discharge into de Orange River, wich e dey meet downstream of Augrabies Falls National Park at 28°31′02″S 20°12′46″E / 28.51722°S 20.21278°E / -28.51722; 20.21278. E be believed say dis last occur more dan 100 years ago.

Tributary

De main tributary of de Molopo be de Nossob, wey ein confluence be sam 50 km south of Twee Rivieren, at 890 metres anaa 2,920 feet above sea level. Oda tributaries be:^[2]

Kuruman River
Phepane River
Ramatlabama River
Madebe River
Modimola River
Setlagoli River

Dams

De upper Molopo be part of de Crocodile (West) den Marico Water Management Area den de lower be included insyd de Lower Vaal Water Management Area. Major dams insyd de river be de Setumo Dam den de Disaneng Dam, both dey locate near de city of Mafikeng, South Africa, wich dey lie on de banks of de river.

References

↑ "Review of the Molopo-Nossob Basin for Rural Communities including Assessment of National Databases at the Sub-basin Level for Possible Future Integration". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
↑ Molopo Tributaries Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine

External links

'Where is the life in farming': Agricultural livelihoods in Molopo and Barolongs compared

[1] "Review of the Molopo-Nossob Basin for Rural Communities including Assessment of National Databases at the Sub-basin Level for Possible Future Integration". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

[2] Molopo Tributaries Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine

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