Definitions for orange river
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Orange, Orange Rivernoun

   a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

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1. Orange Rivernoun

   A river in South Africa named in honor of the House of Orange-Nassau.

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1. Orange River

   The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) is a river in Southern Africa. It is the longest river in South Africa. With a total length of 2,432 km (1,511 mi), the Orange River Basin extends from Lesotho into South Africa and Namibia to the north. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. The river forms part of the international borders between South Africa and Lesotho and between South Africa and Namibia, as well as several provincial borders within South Africa. Except for Upington, it does not pass through any major cities. The Orange River plays an important role in the South African economy by providing water for irrigation and hydroelectric power. The river was named the Orange River in honour of the Dutch ruling family, the House of Orange, by the Dutch explorer Robert Jacob Gordon. Other names include simply the word for river, in Khoekhoegowab orthography written as !Garib, which is rendered in Afrikaans as Gariep River with the intrusion of a velar fricative in place of the alveolar click, Groote River (derived from Kai !Garib) or Senqu River (used in Lesotho), derived from ǂNū "Black". It is known in isiZulu as isAngqu.

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1. orange river

   The Orange River is the longest river in South Africa, spanning over 2,200 kilometers. It originates in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westward across South Africa and forming a natural border with Namibia before eventually emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. Its basin extends into Namibia and Botswana. The river plays a crucial role in the South African economy by providing water for irrigation and hydroelectric power.

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1. Orange River

   The Orange River, Gariep River, Groote River or Senqu River is the longest river in South Africa. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. The river forms part of the international borders between South Africa and Namibia and between South Africa and Lesotho, as well as several provincial borders within South Africa. Except for Upington, Kimberly, and Aggeneys, it does not pass through any major cities. The Orange River plays an important role in the South African economy by providing water for irrigation, as well as hydroelectric power. The river was named by Robert Jacob Gordon after the Dutch Royal House.

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1. Orange River

   or Gariep, chief river of South Africa, rises in the eastern highlands of Basutoland, and flows 100 m. westward to the Atlantic, receiving the Vaal and the Caledon as tributaries, and having Cape Colony on the S. bank and the Orange Free State, Griqualand West, Bechuanaland, and German Namaqualand on the N.; a bar at the mouth and the aridity of its lower course make it unfit for navigation.

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1. Orange River

   This, the largest river in South Africa, received its name from the colour of its waters when in flood.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of orange river in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of orange river in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of orange river in a Sentence

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   Everybody in town knew it was coming. It was hard to wake up in the morning and see an orange river, many of the locals in this region are probably going to experience a certain level of mourning.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=orange river
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Orange_River
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_River
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=orange river
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#OrangeRiver
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=orange river