Orange River

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Orange River

A river, about 2,100 km (1,305 mi) long, of Lesotho, South Africa, and Namibia flowing southwest, northwest, and west to the Atlantic Ocean. It is used extensively for irrigation.
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Noun 1. [画像:Orange River - a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean]Orange River - a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers)
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The Free State, with its large dams including Gariep, continues to store the biggest volumes of water at 12890.8 cubic metres.
SA has sufficient water in storage
He was launched in a Jonker JS-1 Revelation from Gariep Dam Airfield in the centre of the country but crashed soon after.
British pilot killed on gliding trip celebrating his birthday
But on Monday he chose to fly alone with plans to glide for over five hours to celebrate his 60th birthday and was launched from the airfield next to the Gariep Dam after dawn.
British glider pilot dies in 150mph cliff crash while celebrating 60th birthday; Peter Reading, 60, of Surrey was enjoying a romantic gliding holiday in South Africa with his wife Ingrid, 59, when tragedy struck
Although the waters of the dam can appear a little 'turbid' water visibility in many areas is actually fairly reasonable, due in part to the filtering effect of the Gariep Dam, located further upstream on the same Orange River system.
Chasing gold at Van Der Kloof Dam, the Jewel of the Karoo
Floris vertel stories oor die Gariep. "Daarvandaan le die land oop, en alles is vry" (287).
Ambivalence in the relationship between slave and master in Philida by Andre Brink/Ambivalensie in die verhouding tussen slaaf en meester in philida deur Andre P. Brink
Distribution: Laccocoris limicola was originally described from Gariep (Northern Cape Province) and Limpopo, South Africa (Stal 1855).
Naucoridae Leach, 1815 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Tanzania
Therefore, we averaged the daily minimum and maximum temperatures and total monthly rainfall from 5 weather stations in Free State (Bloemfontein, Kroonstad, Welkom, Fauresmith, and Gariep Dam) and 4 weather stations in Northern Cape (Kimberley, Prieska, De Aar, and Noupoort) (South African Weather Service, pers.
Transmission potential of Rift Valley fever virus over the course of the 2010 epidemic in South Africa
SASAS (South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences) Conference Proceedings, Gariep Dam, South Africa, 20-22 September 2010.
Ambient solar UV radiation and seasonal trends in potential sunburn risk among schoolchildren in South Africa
A psychological process towards eventual healing is described via physical journeys (first to the Richtersveld and then through West Africa), a focus on the stoniness of the land, on rivers (first the Orange or "Great Gariep", and later the Niger), living "above" and "below" ground (the poet as wife versus the poet as as writer).
Antjie Krog: towards a syncretic identity

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