Boesmans River (Eastern Cape)

Boesmans River (Afrikaans: Boesmansrivier) is a river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It originates north of Kirkwood and runs east past Alicedale, before it turns and twists south and east to Kenton on Sea, where it mouths into the Indian Ocean through a tidal estuary only 1.7 km to the SW of the mouth of the Kariega River.

Boesmans River
Location of the Boesman's River mouth
Native nameQhorha (Xhosa)
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
TownsKenton-on-Sea
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNorth of Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa
MouthIndian Ocean
  location
Kenton-on-Sea, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  coordinates
33.6906°S 26.6645°E / -33.6906; 26.6645
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length230 km (140 mi)
Basin size2,670 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationKenton-on-Sea
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