Modder River
Modder River is an irrigation and stock farming town situated south of Kimberley near the confluence of the Riet and Modder rivers in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The Second Boer War Battle of Modder River took place here.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,147 metres
- Description: town
- Also known as: “Modder River, Northern Cape”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ritchie.
Ritchie
Village
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ritchie is a small town situated 40 kilometres south of Kimberley on the north bank of the Riet River in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The town, with a population of approximately 15,000, is in the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, which forms part of the Frances Baard District Municipality. Ritchie is situated 4½ km southwest of Modder River.
Modder River
- Categories: town and landform
- Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Pedi—“Modder River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Modderrivier, Noord-Kaap”
- Afrikaans: “Modderrivier”
- Asturian: “Modder River”
- Dutch: “Modder River”
- German: “Modder River”
- Pedi: “Modder River, Kapa Leboa”
- Pedi: “Modder River”
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