Gamtoos River
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| image_caption = Gamtoos River near its mouth into the [[Indian Ocean]] between [[Port Elizabeth]] and [[Jeffreys Bay]]
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'''Gamtoos River''' is situated in the [[Eastern Cape Province]] of [[South Africa]] and is approximately 645 km long with a catchment area of 34,635 km². The name Gamtoos is probably derived from a [[Khoikhoi]] clan whose name was given by early [[Netherlands|Dutch]] settlers as "Gamtousch".
Although the rainfall in the catchment area is low it supports a commercial irrigated agriculture in the lower catchment in which [[orange (fruit)|oranges]], [[tobacco]], [[citrus]] [[fruit]] and [[vegetable]]s are grown. Where the Gamtoos river enters the [[Indian Ocean]] between [[Jeffreys Bay]] and [[Port Elizabeth]] there is the Gamtoos River Mouth Nature Reserve. The towns of [[Hankey]], the oldest town situated in the Gamtoos river valley and [[Patensie]] is situated in the lower catchment. Further inland are the towns of [[Steytlerville]], [[Joubertina]], [[Uniondale, South Africa|Uniondale]], [[Willowmore]] and [[Murraysburg]].
[[Sarah Baartman]] - the "Hottentot Venus" - was born around [[1789 in South Africa|1789]] in the vicinity of the Gamtoos river.
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==See also==
==External links==
[[Category:Eastern Cape Province]]
[[Category:Rivers of South Africa]]
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