Sundays River
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The '''Sundays River''' is a [[river]] in the [[Eastern Cape Province]] of [[South Africa]] and is said to be the fastest flowing river in South Africa. The [[Khoisan]] people originally named this river ''Nukakamma'' (Grassy Water) because the river's banks are always green and grassy despite the arid terrain that it runs through.
==Location==
The source of the 250 [[Kilometre|km]] (156 [[mi]]) long Sundays River is in the [[Compassberg Mountains]] (the highest mountains in the former [[Cape Province]]) near [[Nieu-Bethesda]]. The river then flows in a general southsoutheasterly direction, passing the town [[Graaff-Reinet]] in the [[Karoo]] before winding its way through the [[Zuurberg Mountains]] and then past [[Kirkwood, Eastern Cape|Kirkwood]] and [[Addo]] in the fertile [[Sundays River Valley]]. It empties into the [[Indian Ocean]] at [[Algoa Bay]] near the city of [[Port Elizabeth]].
==Fish-Sundays River Canal Scheme==
The [[Fish River, Eastern Cape|Fish River]]-Sundays River Canal Scheme consists of a [[canal]] and [[tunnel]] system which supplies water from the [[Orange River]] to the [[Great Fish River Valley]] and subsequently to the Sundays River Valley in order to supplement the existing water supply of the Eastern Cape. Since [[1992]] the water from the Sundays River Valley has been supplied to Port Elizabeth.
[[Category:Rivers of South Africa]]
[[Category:Eastern Cape Province]]
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