Wilge River
The Wilge River is a tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa. This river is important as part of the Tugela-Vaal Water Transfer Scheme where water is transferred from the Tugela River basin to the Vaal River basin.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Wilge River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Free State, South Africa, tributary of Vaal River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.05° or 28° 3′ south
Longitude
28.85° or 28° 51′ east
Elevation
1,632 metres (5,354 feet)
Open location code
5G3CXR2X+2X
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Wilge River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wilgerivier”
- Catalan: “Wilge”
- Cebuano: “Wilge”
- Chinese: “沃尔赫河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ويلج”
- French: “Wilge”
- German: “Wilge River (Vaal)”
- German: “Wilge River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Wilge”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wilge”
- Portuguese: “Rio Wilge”
- Somali: “Webiga Wilge”
- Southern Sotho: “Noka ya Namahadi (Wilge River)”
- Southern Sotho: “Noka ya Namahadi”
- Swahili: “Mto Wilge”
- Tswana: “Noka ya Wilge”
- Welsh: “Afon Wilge”
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