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Rietvlei River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Rietvlei River is a small river in central Gauteng Province, South Africa. It feeds the wetlands of the Rietvlei Nature Reserve, before it flows into Rietvlei Dam, which is one of the main sources of water for Pretoria. The river downstream of the dam, known as Sesmylspruit, is a tributary of the Hennops River and part of the Crocodile River (Limpopo) basin.

Flows through: South Africa.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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