Eerste River
The Eerste River, located in the Western Cape, South Africa, rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town at the head of Jonkershoek valley. The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and south of the Tygerberg where the Kuils River tributary rises east of Kanonkop.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream mouth
- Description: river in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Eerste”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Macassar and Firgrove.
Macassar
Suburb
Photo: Janek Szymanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Macassar is a small town in South Africa, close to Strand and Somerset West, with an approximate population of 33,225. Administratively it is under City of Cape Town Eastern Suburbs zone.
Firgrove
Suburb
Firgrove is a small town located 39 kilometres south-east of Cape Town and 7 kilometres west of Somerset West in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Firgrove is situated 3½ km northeast of Eerste River.
Strand
Photo: Casperinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strand is a far western suburb of Cape Town on the north coast of False Bay, just south of Somerset West and just west of Gordon's Bay.
Eerste River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Portuguese—“Eerste River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Eersterivier (rivier)”
- Afrikaans: “Eersterivier”
- Cebuano: “Eersterivier (baba sa suba)”
- Cebuano: “Eersterivier”
- German: “Eerste River (Fluss)”
- German: “Eerste River”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eerste River”
- Norwegian: “Eerste River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Eerste”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Faure and Swartklip.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Macassar Beach and Blinkklip.
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