The Green River or Groen River ( af, Groenrivier) is a river in the
Northern Cape province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. It originates in the
Kamiesberge
The Kamiesberg or Kamiesberge (Khoikhoi ''"Th'amies"'' = ''"jumble"''), is a mountain range of jumbled granite inselbergs or bornhardts dotted over sandy plains and centered on Kamieskroon in Namaqualand in South Africa. This range is very like th ...
range and has a catchment area of about 4500 km
2. The river mouth is located about 120 km NNW of
Strandfontein in the
Namaqua National Park
Namaqua National Park is a South African national park situated approximately 495 km north of Cape Town and 22 km northwest of Kamieskroon. It has an area of more than 1300 km2.Van Deventer, M. and J.A.J. Nel. 2006. Habitat, food, ...
area by the Green River Mouth Lighthouse.
There is
diamond
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, ...
exploration in the Green River Valley.
See also
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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
GariesWest Coast - Namaqua National Park
Rivers of the Northern Cape
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