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Orange River

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Length
2,200 km
Coordinates
-29.0000, 24.0000
Category
rivers

Overview

South Africa's longest river, forming the Namibia-South Africa border before reaching the sea.

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The Orange River is a river in Southern Africa. It is the longest river in South Africa. With a total length of 2,432 km (1,511 mi), the Orange River Basin extends from Lesotho into South Africa and Namibia to the north. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean.

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