The Steelpoort River, iNdubazi or Tubatse ( af, Steelpoortrivier) is a river in
Limpopo Province
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,
South Africa
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. It flows northeastwards and is a right hand tributary of the
Olifants River, joining it at the lower end of its basin. Its source is located at Kwaggaskop, a farm between
Dullstroom
Dullstroom, also known as Emnothweni, is a small town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. The town lies north of Belfast and some south-west of Lydenburg on the R540 road. Dullstroom lies on the Highveld platea that is found in South Africa, ...
,
Stoffberg and
Belfast
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.
The main tributaries of the Steelpoort River are the
Klip River
The Klip River is the main river draining the portion of Johannesburg south of the Witwatersrand, and its basin includes the Johannesburg CBD and Soweto. The mouth of the river is at Vereeniging where it empties into the Vaal River, which is a tri ...
,
Dwars River,
Waterval River
Waterval is a residential township in front of Elim Hospital, it is situated in the Hlanganani district of the former Tsonga homeland of Gazankulu, alongside the R578 road to Giyani in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Waterval includes , ...
and the
Spekboom River. The
De Hoop Dam on the Steelpoort River will be in operation from late 2014.
Some stretches of this river are popular spots for
kayaking
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.
Sekhukhuneland
Sekhukhuneland or Sekukuniland ( af, Sekoekoeniland) is a natural region in north-east South Africa, located in the historical Transvaal zone, former Transvaal Province, also known as Bopedi (meaning “land of Bapedi”). The region is named afte ...
, the historical area of the
Pedi people
The Pedi or (also known as the Northern Sotho or and the Marota or ) – are a Southern Africa, southern African ethnic group that speak Pedi or ''Sepedi'', a dialect belonging to the Sotho-Tswana peoples, Sotho-Tswana Ethnolinguistic gro ...
, is located between the Steelpoort River and the Olifants River.
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
The Olifants River Basin, South AfricaGreater Tubatse municipalitySteelpoort River - News - EngineeringNewsHydro-Institutional Mapping in the Steelpoort River Basin, South AfricaThe Olifants River
Olifants River (Limpopo)
Rivers of Limpopo
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