The Salt River () is a river in the
Western Cape
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province of
South Africa
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. It is a
confluence
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of the
Black River which just previously has been confluenced by the
Elsieskraal River
The Elsieskraal River (Afrikaans ''Elsieskraalrivier'') is a small river that flows through the Cape Town metropolitan area, in South Africa. It rises in the Tygerberg Hills and flows in a generally south westerly direction to its confluence wi ...
, and the
Liesbeeck River. It flows into Table Bay at the Salt River mouth. Its
catchment
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is part of the Central Management Area of the
City of Cape Town
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. In 1510 the area was the scene of the
Battle of Salt River
The Battle of Salt River was a small military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling), notable for being the first military ...
. On 24 May 1695 the
VOC
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* Open-circuit voltage (VOC), the voltage between two terminals when there is no external load connected
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* ...
ships ''
Oosterland'' and ''Kallendijk'' wrecked at the mouth of the river.
See also
*
Salt River, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town
**
Salt River railway station
Salt River railway station is a Metrorail railway station in Salt River, Cape Town. It is the second station from the Cape Town terminus on the old main line to Bellville, and the junction where the Southern Line branches from the main line. ...
, a
Metrorail train station in Salt River, Cape Town
*
Battle of Salt River
The Battle of Salt River was a small military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling), notable for being the first military ...
*
Salt River (Garden Route)
The Salt River aka Soutrivier of the Garden Route arises in the Tsitsikamma Mountains between Knysna and Port Elizabeth in South Africa, and mouths into the Indian Ocean just west of Nature's Valley.
Overview
Normally a gentle, small stream, the ...
, a river mouthing near
Nature's Valley
Nature's Valley is a holiday resort and small village on the Garden Route along the southern Cape coast of South Africa. Nature's Valley lies between the Salt River, the foothills of the Tsitsikamma Mountains, the Indian Ocean and the Groot Rive ...
*
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 Guidelin ...
*
List of estuaries of South Africa
This is a list of estuaries in South Africa. The list is in order from East (border with Mozambique) to the West (border with Namibia).
The South African coastline stretches for some 3000 km from Kosi Bay near the Mozambique border in the ...
References
External links
State of Rivers Report: Greater Cape Town River 2005
{{Cape Town, natural
Rivers of the Western Cape
af:Soutrivier