The Black Kei River, originates southwest of
Queenstown, and eventually joins the
White Kei River, to become the
Great Kei River
The Great Kei River is a river in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Black Kei River and White Kei River, northeast of Cathcart. It flows for and ends in the Great Kei Estuary at the Indian Ocea ...
. Several villages are situated on its banks, including McBride Village, Qabi, Ntabelanga,
Thornhill, Loudon, Mitford,
Basoto,
Baccle's Farm and
Tentergate.
The
Thrift Dam is its only significant reservoir. Presently this river is part of the
Mzimvubu to Keiskamma Water Management Area.
Its upper reaches form the western boundary of the
Tsolwana Nature Reserve, and during the mid-1800s, the Black Kei and its Klipplaat tributary formed the northern boundary of
British Kaffraria. The
Klaas Smits and
Klipplaat
Klipplaat is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The town is some 185 km north-west of Port Elizabeth and 75 km south-east of Aberdeen. It takes its name from large slabs of rock on the ...
rivers are its main tributaries.
Mizimbuvu to Keiskamma WMA 12
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See also
*Great Kei River
The Great Kei River is a river in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Black Kei River and White Kei River, northeast of Cathcart. It flows for and ends in the Great Kei Estuary at the Indian Ocea ...
* List of rivers of South Africa
This is a list of rivers in South Africa.
It is quite common to find the Afrikaans word ''-rivier'' as part of the name. Another common suffix is "''-kamma''", from the Khoisan term for "river"
Meiring, Barbara"South African Toponymic Guideline ...
References
External links
SA Estuarine Land-cover: Great Kei CatchmentTowns of historical interest in the 'kei
Rivers of the Eastern Cape
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