Olifants River

The Olifants River is a river in the northwestern area of the Western Cape Province of . The upper and main catchment area of the Olifants river is around Ceres and the mountains.
  • Stream
  • Description: river in Western Cape Province of South Africa
  • Also known as
    “Cape Olifants Rivier”
    “Olifants River (Western Cape)”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strandfontein.
is a coastal village in the Matzikama… is situated 7 km southeast of Olifants River.

Olifants River

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Latitude
-31.69965° or 31° 41′ 59″ south
Longitude
18.1881° or 18° 11′ 17″ east
Open location code
4FWW852Q+46
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Olifants River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Olifantsrivier, Namakwaland”
  • Afrikaans: “Olifantsrivier, Suidwes-Kaap”
  • Afrikaans: “Olifantsrivier”
  • Cebuano: “Olifants”
  • Chinese: “象河”
  • Dutch: “Olifantsrivier (Weskus)”
  • Dutch: “Olifantsrivier”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اوليفانتس”
  • French: “Rivière Olifants (Cap-Occidental)”
  • French: “Rivière Olifants”
  • Fulah: “Maayo Olifants (Kap hirnaange)”
  • Fulah: “Maayo Olifants”
  • German: “Cape Olifants Rivier”
  • German: “Olifants River”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Olifants River (Western Cape)”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Olifants River”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Olifants (Western Cape)”
  • Hausa: “Kogin Olifants”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Olifants”
  • Lithuanian: “Olifantsas (Vakarų Kapas)”
  • Lithuanian: “Olifantsas”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Olifants (Western Cape)”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Olifants”
  • Russian: “Улифантс (река, впадает в Атлантический океан)”
  • Russian: “Улифантс”
  • Spanish: “Río Olifants”
  • Swahili: “Mto Olifants (Western Cape)”
  • Swahili: “Mto Olifants”
  • Swedish: “Olifants river, Västra Kapprovinsen”
  • Welsh: “Afon Olifants (Western Cape)”

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