Gamtoos River 1990382 220914717 2008-06-22T05:22:22Z Firsfron 158443 clean up ("it's" means "it is" or "it has") using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Geobox|River |state_type = Province <!-- *** Heading *** --> | name = Gamtoos River | native_name = | other_name = | category = <!-- *** Names **** --> | etymology = | nickname = <!-- *** Image *** --> | image = South Africa-Eastern Cape-Gamtoos River01.jpg | image_caption = Gamtoos River near its mouth into the [[Indian Ocean]] between [[Port Elizabeth]] and [[Jeffreys Bay]] <!-- *** Country *** --> | country = {{RSA}} | state = Eastern Cape | region = | district = | municipality = <!-- *** Family *** --> | parent = | tributary_left = | tributary_right = | city = | landmark = <!-- *** River locations *** --> | source = _ | source_location = | source_region = | source_country = | source_elevation = | source_lat_d = | source_lat_m = | source_lat_s = | source_lat_NS = | source_long_d = | source_long_m = | source_long_s = | source_long_EW = | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_region = | source1_country = | source1_elevation = | source1_lat_d = | source1_lat_m = | source1_lat_s = | source1_lat_NS = | source1_long_d = | source1_long_m = | source1_long_s = | source1_long_EW = | source_confluence = | source_confluence_location = | source_confluence_region = | source_confluence_country = | source_confluence_elevation = | source_confluence_lat_d = | source_confluence_lat_m = | source_confluence_lat_s = | source_confluence_lat_NS = | source_confluence_long_d = | source_confluence_long_m = | source_confluence_long_s = | source_confluence_long_EW = | mouth = Indian Ocean | mouth_location = St. Francis Bay| mouth_region = Eastern Cape| mouth_country = South Africa | mouth_elevation = 0 | mouth_lat_d = 33 | mouth_lat_m = 58 | mouth_lat_s = 8.75 | mouth_lat_NS = S | mouth_long_d = 25 | mouth_long_m = 1 | mouth_long_s = 58.08| mouth_long_EW = E <!-- *** Dimensions *** --> | length = | width = | depth = | volume = | watershed = | discharge = | discharge_max = | discharge_min = <!-- *** Free fields *** --> | free = | free_type = <!-- *** Maps *** --> | map = | map_caption = | map_background = | map_locator = | map_locator_x = | map_locator_y = <!-- *** Website *** --> | website = <!-- *** Footnotes *** --> | footnotes = }} '''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. ==References== <references/> ==See also== ==External links== [[Category:Eastern Cape Province]] [[Category:Rivers of South Africa]] {{EasternCape-geo-stub}} [[da:Gamtoos (flod)]] [[no:Gamtoos (elv)]]