Olifants River
The Olifants River is a river in the northwestern area of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The upper and main catchment area of the Olifants river is around Ceres and the Cederberg mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Western Cape Province of South Africa
- Also known as: “Cape Olifants Rivier” and “Olifants River (Western Cape)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strandfontein.
Strandfontein
Village
Photo: Ralph Malan, CC BY 2.0.
Strandfontein is a coastal village in the Matzikama Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. According to the 2011 census it has 431 residents in 92 households. Strandfontein is situated 7 km southeast of Olifants River.
Olifants River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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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”
- German: “Cape Olifants Rivier”
- German: “Olifants River (Westkap)”
- German: “Olifants River”
- 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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