Wilge River (Olifants)

Wilge River
iKuthu
Upper reaches near Bronkhorstspruit
Wilge River (Olifants) is located in South Africa
Wilge River (Olifants)
Location of the Wilge River mouth
EtymologyFrom wilg, the word for 'willow' in Afrikaans[1] iKuthu in Southern Ndebele
Native nameiKuthu (Southern Ndebele)
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng and Mpumalanga
Physical characteristics
SourceWitwatersrand
 • locationNear Leandra
 • elevation1,640 m (5,380 ft)
MouthOlifants River (Limpopo)
 • location
SW of Loskop Dam
 • coordinates
25°34′35″S 29°11′10″E / 25.57639°S 29.18611°E / -25.57639; 29.18611
 • elevation
1,127 m (3,698 ft)

The Wilge River (iKuthu) is a river in Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces, South Africa. It is a tributary of the Olifants River.

Course

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The Wilge River has its origin about 15 km WNW of Leandra, in the highveld grasslands between this town and Springs, Gauteng.[2] It flows roughly northwards until it is joined by its main tributary, the Bronkhorstspruit, that joins its left bank about 25 km downstream of Bronkhorstspruit town. Then it flows in a northeastern direction until it joins the Olifants about 12 km upstream from the head of the Loskop Dam reservoir.[3]

Other tributaries of the Wilge are the Kendal and the Devon River.[4]

See also

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