The Modder River is a river in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
. It is a tributary of the
Riet River that forms part of the border between the
Northern Cape
The Northern Cape ( ; ; ) is the largest and most sparsely populated Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa. It was created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley. It includes ...
and the
Free State provinces. The river's banks were the scenes of heavy fighting in the beginning of the
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and ...
at the
Battle of Modder River.
There is an inhabited farming place named 'Modder River' just north of the confluence between this river and the Riet.
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The Modder River is used extensively for irrigation, including the
Krugersdrift Dam near
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...
.
See also
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Battle of Modder River
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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"
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References
External links
Battle of Modder River, 28 November 1899
Vaal River
Modder River
Karoo
Rivers of the Northern Cape
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