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. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. It is a tributary of the
Riet River that forms part of the border between the
Northern Cape 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 ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...
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, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legislative capital Cape To ...
.
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"
Meiring, Barbara"South African Toponymic Guideline ...
References
External links
Battle of Modder River, 28 November 1899
Vaal River
Modder River
Karoo
Rivers of the Northern Cape
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