Molopo River

The Molopo River is one of the main rivers in . It has a length of approximately 960 kilometres and a catchment area of 367,201 km2 with , and sharing roughly about a third of the basin each.
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Molopo River

Latitude
-28.51667° or 28° 31′ south
Longitude
20.21667° or 20° 13′ east
Elevation
460 metres (1,509 feet)
Open location code
5G32F6M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
933301
Wiki­data ID
Q546793
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Molopo River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Moloporivier
  • Asturian: Ríu Molopo
  • Belarusian: Molopo River
  • Belarusian: Moloporivier
  • Belarusian: Малопа
  • Bulgarian: Молопо
  • Bulgarian: Молопоривиер
  • Cebuano: Moloporivier
  • Chinese: 莫洛波河
  • Czech: Molopo
  • Dutch: Molopo
  • Dutch: Moloporivier
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر مولوپو
  • French: Molopo
  • Georgian: მოლოპო
  • German: Molopo
  • Hindi: मोलोपो नदी
  • Irish: Abhainn Molopo
  • Italian: Molopo
  • Lithuanian: Molopo
  • Macedonian: Молопо
  • Malayalam: മൊലൊപൊ നദി
  • Mingrelian: მოლოპო
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Molopo
  • Polish: Molopo
  • Portuguese: Rio Molopo
  • Russian: Молопо
  • Serbian: Молопо
  • South Azerbaijani: مولوپو چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Molopo
  • Spanish: Río Molopo
  • Swahili: Mto Molopo
  • Swati: Umfula iMolopo
  • Swedish: Molopo
  • Tswana: Noka ya Molopo
  • Ukrainian: Молопо
  • Venetian: Fiume Molopo
  • Welsh: Afon Molopo

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