Great Fish River

The Great Fish River is a river running 644 kilometres through the province of the . The coastal area between Port Elizabeth and the Fish River mouth is known as the Sunshine Coast.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in South Africa
  • Also known as: Groot-Vis”, “Oub”, and “Rio de Infante

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Fish River Mouth Wetland Nature Reserve.

Nature reserve
is a wetland nature reserve that lies at the confluence of the Kap River, on the southern bank of the Great Fish River near . Neighbouring it is the . is situated 2½ km west of Great Fish River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seafield.

Suburb
is a small coastal village in in the province of . , also known as Kleinemonde, is situated on the beach. is situated 10 km southwest of Great Fish River.

Great Fish River

Latitude
-33.49363° or 33° 29′ 37″ south
Longitude
27.13952° or 27° 8′ 22″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
4GR9G44Q+GR
Geo­Names ID
1000144
Wiki­data ID
Q1130009
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Great Fish River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Groot-Visrivier
  • Asturian: Ríu Great Fish
  • Basque: Great Fish ibaia
  • Belarusian: Вялікая рыбная рака
  • Catalan: Great Fish River
  • Cebuano: Great Fish River
  • Chinese: 大魚河
  • Chinese: 菲什河
  • Danish: Fish River
  • Dutch: Groot Visrivier
  • Dutch: Groot-Visrivier
  • Dutch: Visrivier
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر جريات فيش
  • Esperanto: Granda Fiŝrivero
  • French: Great Fish River
  • German: Great Fish River
  • German: Great Salt River
  • German: Groot Visrivier
  • German: Groot-Visrivier
  • German: Großer Fischfluss
  • Hebrew: גרייט פיש ריוור
  • Icelandic: Mikla Fiskafljót
  • Indonesian: Sungai Great Fish
  • Irish: Abhainn Great Fish
  • Italian: Fish River
  • Italian: Great Fish River
  • Japanese: グレート・フィッシュ川
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Fish River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Great Fish River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Great Fish
  • Norwegian: Fish
  • Polish: Great Fish River
  • Polish: Kanion Fish River
  • Portuguese: Rio Great Fish
  • Romanian: Great Fish River
  • Romanian: Great Fish
  • Russian: Грейт-Фиш
  • Russian: Фишривер
  • Russian: Хрут-Фис
  • Serbo-Croatian: Velika riblja rijeka
  • Slovenian: Velika Ribja reka
  • Spanish: Fish
  • Spanish: Gran Rio Fish
  • Spanish: Gran Río Fish
  • Spanish: Groot Visrivier
  • Spanish: Rio Great Fish
  • Spanish: Río Great Fish
  • Swahili: Mto Fish (Afrika Kusini)
  • Swahili: Mto Fish
  • Swedish: Great Fish River
  • Thai: แม่น้ำเกรตฟิช
  • Ukrainian: Велика рибна річка
  • Vietnamese: Sông Great Fish
  • Welsh: Afon Great Fish

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