The Green River or Groen River ( af, Groenrivier) is a river in the
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, part of the Kgalagadi T ...
province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
. It originates in the
Kamiesberge 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 Allotropes of carbon, 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 Chemical stability, chemically stable form of car ...
exploration in the Green River Valley.
See also
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List of rivers of South Africa
References
External links
GariesWest Coast - Namaqua National Park
Rivers of the Northern Cape
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