Riet River
The Riet River is a westward-flowing tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa. In precolonial times the Riet was known as the Gama-!ab, a !Kora name meaning 'muddy'.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Riet River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Africa
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Riet River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Rietrivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Riet”
- Catalan: “Riet”
- Cebuano: “Riet (suba sa Habagatang Aprika, Province of Northern Cape)”
- Cebuano: “Riet”
- Dutch: “Rietrivier”
- German: “Riet River (Vaal)”
- German: “Riet River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Riet”
- Portuguese: “Rio Riet”
- Spanish: “rio Riet”
- Spanish: “Río Riet”
- Welsh: “Afon Riet”
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