Gamtoos River near its mouth into the Indian Ocean between Port Elizabeth and Jeffreys Bay, with the R102 bridge in the foreground and the N2 bridge in the background.
Location of the Gamtoos River mouth
Etymology
Probably derived from a Khoikhoi clan whose name was given by early Dutch settlers as "Gamtousch"
Outcrop of Enon Conglomerate formed by Alluvial deposits in the Gamtoos Valley, on the R331 between Patensie and the Kouga Dam
Gamtoos River or Gamptoos River is a river in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Kouga River and the Groot River and is approximately 645 kilometres (401 mi) long[citation needed] with a catchment area of 34,635 square kilometres (13,373 sq mi).[1]
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GamtoosRiver or Gamptoos River is a river in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Kouga River and the Groot...
Cape) Groot River (Southern Cape) Groot River (Eastern Cape) another name for the Orange River - South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia GamtoosRiver - South Africa...
of the Xhosa people is marked by lands in the Eastern Cape from the GamtoosRiver up to Umzimkhulu near Natal, which confined and restricted their pastoral...
The four main rivers in the area – the Kromme, Seekoei, Kabeljouws and Gamtoos – are all tidal rivers. The Kromme River and GamtoosRiver are significant...
Swellendam in 1745 and another at Graaff Reinet in 1786, and declared the GamtoosRiver as the eastern frontier of the colony, only to see the Trekboers cross...
Hankey is a small town on the confluence of the Klein and Gamtoosrivers in South Africa. It is part of the Kouga Local Municipality of the Sarah Baartman...
from Mbhashe River to GamtoosRiver in the Southern Cape. The Ama-Gcaleka Royal House had jurisdiction from Mbhashe river to Kei river, and the Ama-Rharhabe...
at its peak, during his reign stretched from Mbhashe River, south of Mthatha to the GamtoosRiver, (Xelexwa in isiXhosa) in the Southern Cape. Hintsa led...
request on 6 March 2002. Her remains were repatriated to her homeland, the Gamtoos Valley, on 6 May 2002, and they were buried on 9 August 2002 on Vergaderingskop...
term for "river" (often tautologically the English term "river" is added to the name). The Zulu word amanzi (water) also forms part of some river names....
magistracy at Swellendam in 1745 and another at Graaff Reinet in 1786. The GamtoosRiver had been declared, c. 1740, the eastern frontier of the colony but it...
went out to work on the farm of the Vermaak family, who owned a farm at Gamtoos. Among numerous incidents reported by the Bethelsdorp missionaries concerning...
Bay, east along the Breede Valley through the Langkloof as far as the GamtoosRiver and returning by way of the Little Karoo. During this expedition and...
The Kouga River originates near Uniondale, Eastern Cape, South Africa, and flows eastward, where it joins the Groot River to form the Gamtoos just past...
well-drained sandy soils in the wide valleys of the Great Fish, Sundays and GamtoosRiver in the Eastern Cape and, extending further northwest, in the valleys...
contributed significantly to the development of agriculture in the Lankloof and Gamtoos Valley, enabling farmers to transport their produce conveniently to the...
Karoo basin and the South Coast Forelands; and the Baviaanskloof and GamtoosRivers to the east. The most conspicuous components of the flora are evergreen...
and another at Graaff Reinet in 1786. The authorities declared the GamtoosRiver as the eastern frontier of the colony, but the trekkers soon crossed...
in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Here is occurs along the Gamtoosriver, in a vegetation type named "Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld". At the...
accept money). During a drought he warned a GamtoosRiver farmer against flood. Three nights later the river came down with might and swept the farmers...
of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean. The drainage basin includes both the streams and rivers that convey the water...
Gasteria armstrongii, which occurs just to the west on the banks of the Gamtoosriver, is often considered to be a subspecies of G.nitida, which never leaves...
Groot River or Grootrivier, meaning "large river", may refer to: Groot River (Eastern Cape), a tributary of the GamtoosRiver (South Africa) Groot River (Southern...
the course of the Coega River to Elandshoorn and ascended the Groot Winterhoekberge. From there he went on to the GamtoosRiver, following it to where...
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