Great Fish River

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The Great Fish River is a major river in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, historically significant as a frontier boundary during the Cape Frontier Wars.

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Great Fish River canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Great Fish
Groot-Visrivier
linked to: Great Brak River
associatedEvent Cape Frontier Wars
linked to: Xhosa Wars
basinCountry South Africa
country South Africa
drainageBasin Great Fish River basin
ecoregion South African temperate rivers
flowsInto Indian Ocean
flowsThrough Albany region
Karoo region
linked to: Karoo
hasClimate semi-arid to temperate along its course
hasEstuaryType permanently open estuary
hasGeomorphology meandering lower course with estuarine mouth
hasInfrastructure hydroelectric and irrigation works
hasTributary Brak River (Eastern Cape)
Kap River NERFINISHED
Kat River
Koonap River
Tarka River
hasWaterManagementProject Orange–Fish River Tunnel scheme
hasWildlife aquatic birds
freshwater fish species
historicalPeriodOfImportance 18th century
19th century
historicalRole boundary between Cape Colony and Xhosa territories
frontier boundary during the Cape Frontier Wars
historicalSignificance site of conflicts between European settlers and Xhosa peoples
languageOfAlternateName Afrikaans
length approximately 690 km
locatedIn Eastern Cape
locatedInProtectedAreaRegion parts of Eastern Cape conservation areas
locatedOnContinent Africa
mouthLocatedAt near Port Alfred
mouthLocatedIn Indian Ocean
partOf river systems of the Eastern Cape
passesNear Cookhouse
Cradock
Grahamstown (Makhanda)
linked to: Grahamstown

Peddie
Somerset East
receivesInterbasinTransferFrom Orange River
region former Cape Province
sourceLocatedIn Eastern Cape interior
sourceLocatedNear near Graaff-Reinet
usedAsBoundaryBy British Cape Colony authorities
linked to: Cape Colony
usedFor irrigation
recreation
water supply

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Fort Beaufort locatedNearRiver Great Fish River
Grahamstown near Great Fish River
Stormberg drainageBasin Great Fish River
Cradock locatedOnRiver Great Fish River
Cookhouse locatedNear Great Fish River
Kat River tributaryOf Great Fish River