Klip River

The Klip River (or in Afrikaans: Kliprivier, lit. 'Stone river') is the main river draining the portion of Johannesburg south of the Witwatersrand, and its basin includes the Johannesburg CBD and Soweto. The mouth of the river is at Vereeniging where it empties into the Vaal River, which is a tributary to the Orange River. Besides Vereeniging, other towns along the river include Henley on Klip, Lenasia and Meyerton.

This article is about the river in Gauteng. For the river in KwaZulu-Natal, see Klip River (KwaZulu-Natal).

Klip River
Kliprivier
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
Physical characteristics
MouthVaal River at Vereeniging
 • coordinates
26°40′15″S 27°57′15″E
 • elevation
1,414 m (4,639 ft)
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