List of rivers of South Africa
This is a list of rivers of South Africa.
List
| River | Drainage basin[A] | Province and location | Source location (city / mountains) |
Tributary of (river) | Dam in river | Mouth / junction at location (town) | Mouth / junction coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanzimtoti River, (Manzimtoti River) (Toti River) | U7 | KwaZulu-Natal, Amanzimtoti | northwest of Adams Mission | Amanzimtoti, Indian Ocean | 30°3′S 30°52′E / 30.050°S 30.867°E | ||
| Apies River | A2 | Gauteng, Tshwane, Pretoria | South of Pretoria | Tshwane River, then Pienaars River and Limpopo River | Bon Accord Dam | Makapanstad | 25°14′24″S 28°08′36″E / 25.24000°S 28.14333°E |
| As River (or Ash River) | C8 | Free State | Southeast of Bethlehem | Liebenbergsvlei River, then Wilge River | Sol Plaatjie Dam | ||
| Assegaai River | W5 | Mpumalanga | North of Wakkerstroom | Mkondo River | Heyshope Dam | Swaziland border | 27°04′46″S 31°02′19″E / 27.07944°S 31.03861°E |
| Bamboesspruit (or Bamboes Spruit) | C2 | North West | South of Ottosdal | Vaal River | Bloemhof Dam | 27°40′15″S 25°37′40″E / 27.67083°S 25.62778°E | |
| Baviaanskloof River | L8 | Western and Eastern Cape | North of Plettenberg Bay | Kouga River | |||
| Bell River | D1 | Eastern Cape | Near Naudé's Neck | Kraai River, then Orange River | Near Moshesh's Ford | 30°51′08″S 27°46′43″E / 30.85222°S 27.77861°E | |
| Berg River (or Great Berg River) | G1 | Western Cape | Franschhoek Drakenstein | Berg River Dam | Velddrif north of Vredenburg, Atlantic Ocean | 32°46′13.00″S 18°8′39.66″E / 32.7702778°S 18.1443500°E | |
| Berg River | D3 | Free State | 22 km Southwest of Jagersfontein | Orange River | Vanderkloof Dam | Vanderkloof Dam | 29°59′43″S 24°46′48″E / 29.99528°S 24.78000°E |
| Bhira River | R5 | Eastern Cape | North of Eleqolweni | between Port Alfred and East London, near Begha, Indian Ocean | 33°23′00″S 27°19′33″E / 33.38333°S 27.32583°E | ||
| Bivane River | W5 | KwaZulu-Natal | Pongola River | Bivane Dam | |||
| Black Kei River | Eastern Cape | Southwest of Queenstown | Great Kei River | ||||
| Blesbokspruit (or Blesbok Spruit) | C2 | Gauteng | North of Daveyton | Vaal River | |||
| Blood River (or Ncome River) | V3 | KwaZulu-Natal | Knight's Pass, Utrecht | Buffalo River | |||
| Bloukrans River | V1 | KwaZulu-Natal | North of Giant's Castle in the Drakensberg foothills | Tugela River | none | near Tugela Estates, Weenen area | 28°45′30″S 30°08′55″E / 28.75833°S 30.14861°E |
| Bloukrans River | K | Western and Eastern Cape border | Near Peak Formosa | n.a. | Near Bloukrans Bridge | 33°58′44″S 23°38′49″E / 33.97889°S 23.64694°E | |
| Bloukrans River | Eastern Cape | Near Grahamstown | Kowie River | none | Near Langholm, Grahamstown | 33°24′38″S 26°39′05″E / 33.41056°S 26.65139°E | |
| Blyde River (or Motlatse River) | B6 | Mpumalanga | West of Sabie | Olifants River | BlydeRivierpoort Dam | Lissataba game farm, Mica area | 24°15′13″S 30°49′50″E / 24.25361°S 30.83056°E |
| Boesmans River | Western Cape | Northeast of Pearly Beach | Uilkraal River | Uilkraalsmond (south of Gans Bay), Atlantic Ocean | 34°36′21″S 19°24′32″E / 34.60583°S 19.40889°E | ||
| Boesmans River | Eastern Cape | North of Kirkwood (Eastern Cape) | Kenton on Sea, Indian Ocean | 33°41′32″S 26°39′50″E / 33.69222°S 26.66389°E | |||
| Boesmanspruit (or Boesman Spruit) | Mpumalanga | South of Secunda | Waterval River then into the Vaal River | ||||
| Bonte River | Western Cape | Alphen Dam | |||||
| Bot River | G | Western Cape | South of Teewaterskloof Dam | Fortuin Reservoir | Fischerhaven, Atlantic Ocean | 34°22′05″S 19°05′53″E / 34.36806°S 19.09806°E | |
| Braamfontein Spruit (or Braamfonteinspruit) | Gauteng | Greymont Roodepoort | Jukskei River | Emmarentia Dam | |||
| Brak River | A7 | Limpopo | Sand River (Polokwane) | Magkabeng Plateau | 22°36′15″S 29°44′0″E / 22.60417°S 29.73333°E | ||
| Breede River (or Breë River) | H | Western Cape, Overberg | near Ceres the Koekedou River and Dwars River become the Bree River | West of Mossel bay, Indian Ocean | 34°24′15″S 20°51′06″E / 34.40417°S 20.85167°E | ||
| Bronkhorst Spruit (or Bronkhorstspruit) | B2 | Gauteng | Wilge River | Bronkhorstspruit Dam | |||
| Buffeljags River | Western Cape | joining of the Tredou River and Grootvadersbos River | Breede River | Buffeljags Dam | |||
| Buffalo River (Eastern Cape) | R2 | Eastern Cape | Northwest of King William's Town | Laing Dam, Bridle Drift Dam | East London harbour | 33°01′45″S 27°54′57″E / 33.02917°S 27.91583°E | |
| Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal) | V3 | KwaZulu-Natal | northeast of Volksrust | Tugela River | |||
| Buffels River | F3 | Northern Cape | |||||
| Buffels River | J1 | Western Cape | The Komsberg River and the Venters River, join together to become the Buffels River | Floriskraal Dam | at Buffelspoort, the Klein-Swartberg River joins the Buffels River to become the Groot River | ||
| Bushman River | V | KwaZulu-Natal | at Giant's Castle | Tugela River | Wagendrift Dam | ||
| Caledon River | D2 | Free State border Lesotho and South Africa | southwest of Witsieshoek | Orange River | Knellpoort Dam, Welbedacht Dam | ||
| Chalumna River (or Tyolomnqa River) | R4 | Eastern Cape | |||||
| Crocodile River | X3 | Mpumalanga | North of Dullstroom | Komati River at Komatipoort | Kwena Dam | ||
| Crocodile River | A3 | North West, Gauteng and Limpopo | Roodepoort | Limpopo River | Hartbeespoort Dam Roodekoppies Dam | ||
| Diep River | G | Western Cape | North of Malmesbury | Table Bay Cape Town | 33°53′27″S 18°22′55″E / 33.89083°S 18.38194°E | ||
| Diep River | A7 | Limpopo | Southeast of Polokwane | Sand River | |||
| Doring River | Western Cape and Eastern Cape | Northeast of Ceres | Olifants River | Doring River Dam | |||
| Duiwenhoks River | Western Cape | North of Heidelberg | West of Mossel Bay, Indian Ocean | 34°21′56″S 21°00′01″E / 34.36556°S 21.00028°E | |||
| Elands River | B2 | Gauteng | Near Rayton | Olifants River | Rust de Winter Dam, Rhenosterkop Dam | Marble Hall | 24°55′27″S 29°20′45″E / 24.92417°S 29.34583°E |
| Elands River | A | North West Province | Near Koster | Crocodile River (West) | Vaalkop Dam | 24°17′18″S 27°31′8″E / 24.28833°S 27.51889°E | |
| Elands River | X3 | Mpumalanga | Northeast of Belfast | Crocodile River (East) | |||
| Ga-Selati River | Limpopo | Wolkberg | Olifants River | South of Phalaborwa | |||
| Gamka River | J | Western Cape | North of Beaufort West | Gourits River | Gamkapoort Dam | South of Calitzdorp | |
| Gamtoos River | L9 | Eastern Cape | The Kouga River and Groot River become the Gamtoos River | Northeast of Jeffreys Bay | 33°58′12″S 25°02′03″E / 33.97000°S 25.03417°E | ||
| Gouritz River (or Gourits River) | Western Cape | The Gamka River and Olifants River become the Gourits River | at Gouritsmond | 34°20′47″S 21°53′08″E / 34.34639°S 21.88556°E | |||
| Great Fish River (Groot-Vis River) | Eastern Cape | East of Graaff-Reinet | North of Seafield, Indian Ocean | 33°29′44″S 27°08′09″E / 33.49556°S 27.13583°E | |||
| Groenrivier (Green River) | Northern Cape | About 120 km NNW of Strandfontein by Green River Mouth Lighthouse | |||||
| Great Kei River (Groot-Kei) | Eastern Cape | The Swart-Kei River and the White Kei River become the Great Kei River | Kei Mouth, Indian Ocean | 32°40′45″S 28°23′07″E / 32.67917°S 28.38528°E | |||
| Great Letaba River | B8 | Limpopo | The Great Letaba River and Little Letaba River become the Letaba River | Letaba River | Ebenezer Dam | ||
| Great Usutu River (or Maputo River) | W5 | KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland and Mozambique | Northwest of Amsterdam | South of Maputo, Mozambique | 26°10′22″S 32°41′45″E / 26.17278°S 32.69583°E | ||
| Groot Brak River | K | Western Cape | Wolwedans Dam | Groot Brak River Mouth, Indian Ocean | |||
| Groot Brak River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Groot Marico River (or Great Marico River) | North West | ||||||
| Groot River | Eastern Cape | where the Kariega River and Sout River join | Gamtoos River | Beervlei Dam | |||
| Groot River | partly the border between Eastern Cape and Western Cape | The Buffels River becomes the Groot River from where the Klein-Swartberg River joins the Buffels | Gouritz River | Beervlei Dam | |||
| Groot River | Western Cape | Doring River | |||||
| Groot Vet River | Free State | ||||||
| Groot Vlei River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Hantams River | Northern Cape | ||||||
| Hartbees River | Northern Cape | ||||||
| Hartenbos River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Harts River | North West | ||||||
| Hennops River | Gauteng | East of Tembisa | Crocodile River | ||||
| Hex River | H | Western Cape | |||||
| Hex River | North West | Bospoort Dam | |||||
| Hluhluwe River | W | KwaZulu-Natal | Hluhluwe Game Reserve | Hluhluwe River | Hluhluwe Dam lake St Lucia | ||
| Hoeksrivier | Western Cape | ||||||
| Hol River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Hout River | A7 | Limpopo | Sand River (Polokwane) | Hout River Dam | 23°4′2″S 29°34′45″E / 23.06722°S 29.57917°E | ||
| Illovo River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Incomati River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Indwe River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Intombe River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Jakkals River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Jordaan River | Free State | ||||||
| Jordaanspruit | Free State | Bloemhoek Dam | |||||
| Jukskei River | Gauteng | Crocodile River/Limpopo River | Hartbeespoort Dam | ||||
| Kaaimans River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Kabeljous River | Eastern Cape | Jeffreys Bay | 34°00′19″S 24°56′08″E / 34.00528°S 24.93556°E | ||||
| Kaalspruit | Free State | ||||||
| Kaba River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Kamma River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Kammanassie River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Kandandlovu River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Karatara River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Karoospruit | Free State | ||||||
| Kat River | Eastern Cape, Seymour, Fort Beaufort | Amatola Mountains | Katrivier Dam | Great Fish River south of Fort Beaufort | 32°59′44″S 26°47′05″E / 32.99556°S 26.78472°E | ||
| Kat Spruit | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Kariega River | Eastern Cape | Settlers Dam | Kenton-On-Sea | ||||
| Keisers River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Keiskamma River | R1 | Eastern Cape | Amatola Mountains | Northeast of Port Alfred, Indian Ocean | 33°17′S 27°29′E / 33.283°S 27.483°E | ||
| Keurbooms River | Western Cape, Plettenberg Bay | Northeast of Plettenberg Bay, Indian Ocean | |||||
| Kingna River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Klaas Smits River | Eastern Cape | South of Molteno | Swart-Kei River | ||||
| Klaserie River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Klasies River | Eastern Cape, Tsitsikamma coast | Klasies River Caves | |||||
| Little Letaba River | B8 | Limpopo | The Great Letaba River and Little Letaba River become the Letaba River | Letaba River | |||
| Klein Marico River | North West | ||||||
| Klein Olifants River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Klein River | Western Cape | Hermanus, Indian Ocean | 34°25′17″S 19°18′03″E / 34.42139°S 19.30083°E | ||||
| Klip River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Klip River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Klip River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Knysna River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Kobongaba River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Komani River | Eastern Cape | North of Queenstown | Klaas Smits River | Bongolo Dam | |||
| Komati River (or Incomati, Nkomati) | X1 | Mpumalanga, Komati Gorge | |||||
| Koshwana River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Kouga River | L8 | Eastern Cape | |||||
| Kowie River | Eastern Cape | Grahamstown | Port Alfred | ||||
| Kraai River | D1 | Eastern Cape | Confluence of Bell River, Sterkspruit and Joggem River at Moshesh's Ford, Eastern Cape Drakensberg | Orange River | Aliwal North | 30°40′S 26°45′E / 30.667°S 26.750°E | |
| Kromdraai Spruit | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Krom River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Krom River | Western Cape, Stellenbosch | ||||||
| Kuils River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Kwenxura River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Laai Spruit | Free State | ||||||
| Langvlei River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Latonyanda River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Liesbeek River (also spelt Liesbeeck) | Western Cape | ||||||
| Leeu River | Free State | Armenia Dam | |||||
| Levubu River (or Luvuvhu, Pafuri River) | A9 | Limpopo | Albasini Dam | ||||
| Lephalala River (see Palala River) | A5 | Limpopo | Vischgat Dam, Susandale Dam | ||||
| Letaba River | B8 | Limpopo | The Great Letaba River and Little Letaba River become the Letaba River | Olifants River | |||
| Liebenbergsvlei River | C8 | Free State | |||||
| Liesbeeck River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Letsitele River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Liesbeek River | Western Cape, Cape Town | ||||||
| Limpopo River | A | Limpopo, on Zimbabwe, Botswana borders | The Marico River and the Crocodile River become the Limpopo River | Xai-Xai, Mozambique into Indian Ocean | |||
| Little Brak River (or Klein Brak) | Eastern Cape | Klein Brakrivier, Indian Ocean | 34°05′31″S 22°08′55″E / 34.09194°S 22.14861°E | ||||
| Lourens River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Lovu River(Illovu) | U7 | KwaZulu-Natal | West of Richmond | Beaulieu Estate Dam | Lovu Langoon at Illovu Beach, Indian Ocean | 30°6′S 30°51′E / 30.100°S 30.850°E | |
| Lower Brandvlei River | Western Cape | Brandvlei Dam | |||||
| Lunsklip River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Lyndoch River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Maputo River (or Great Usutu) | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Marico River | A2 | North West | Groot-Marico River | Limpopo River | |||
| Matlabas River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Mbhashe River | Eastern Cape, Transkei region | East of Elliot | South of The Haven, Eastern Cape | 32°14′56″S 28°54′00″E / 32.24889°S 28.90000°E | |||
| Mbango River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mbizana River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mbodi River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Mbokodweni River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mdesingane River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mdlotane River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mdloti River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mdumbe River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Mgobezeleni River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mgwalana River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Mhlabatshane River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Middle Letaba River | B8 | Limpopo | |||||
| Mlalazi River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mhlali River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mhlatuze River | W | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||
| Mkomazi River | Kwazulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mkuze River | W | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||
| Mlazi River | KwaZulu-Natal, Durban | ||||||
| Mngeni River (or Mgeni, Umgeni) | U | KwaZulu-Natal | north of Durban, Indian Ocean | ||||
| Modder River | Northern Cape and Free State | Riet River | |||||
| Mogalakwena River | A6 | Limpopo | Limpopo River | ||||
| Mokolo River (or Mogol River) | A4 | Limpopo | The Sand River and Grootspruit River become the Mokolo River | Limpopo | Mokolo Dam | ||
| Molopo River | D4 | North West border Botswana | Disaneng Dam | ||||
| Mooi River | V | KwaZulu-Natal | Tugela River | ||||
| Mooi River | North West | Vaal River | Boskop Dam | ||||
| Mooi River | T | Eastern Cape | |||||
| Mpenjati River | KwaZulu-Natal | Near Hamburg | Palm Beach | 30°55′59″S 30°16′00″E / 30.93306°S 30.26667°E | |||
| Msunduzi River (or Duzi River) | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mtata River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Mtamvuna River | KwaZulu-Natal - Eastern Cape border | ||||||
| Mtontwanes River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mugwenya River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mximkulwana River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mzamba River | Eastern Cape, Transkei region | ||||||
| Mzimkulu River (or Umzimkulu) | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Mzimkulwana river | KwaZulu-Natal, Oribi Gorge | ||||||
| Mzimvubu River | Eastern Cape, Transkei region | ||||||
| Mzumbe River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Nahoon River | R3 | Eastern Cape, East London | |||||
| Ngagane River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Ngotwane River | North West | ||||||
| Ngwavuma | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Nossob River | D4 | Northern Cape, Kalahari | |||||
| Nqabara River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Nsama River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Nsuze River | V4 | KwaZulu-Natal | Tugela River | ||||
| Nswamanzi River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Nuwejaarspruit | Free State | ||||||
| Nyalazi River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Nyl River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Nyoni River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Nzhelele River | A8 | Limpopo | |||||
| Nwanedi River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Ohlanga River (or Umhlanga) | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Ohrigstad River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Olifants River | B | Mpumalanga Limpopo | Flag Boshielo Dam | ||||
| Olifants River | Western Cape Oudtshoorn | ||||||
| Olifants River | Western Cape | Clanwilliam Dam | |||||
| Ongers River | Northern Cape | ||||||
| Oompies River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Orange River (also Groot, Gariep River) | Northern Cape and Free State | Boegoeberg Dam | |||||
| Os Spruit | Gauteng | ||||||
| Palala River (or Lephalala) | A5 | Limpopo | |||||
| Palmiet River | Western Cape | Eikenhof Dam | |||||
| Pienaars River | A2 | Gauteng and Northwest | northwest of Bronkhorstspruit | Crocodile River | Roodeplaat Dam, Klipvoor Dam | ||
| Pienaars River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Plankenbrug River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Poesjenels River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Pongola River (or Phongolo) | W5 | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||
| Riet River | Free State | Vaal River | |||||
| Riet River (Eastern Cape) | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Rietspruit | Free State | ||||||
| Riviersonderend (or Sonderend River) | Western Cape, Overberg | ||||||
| Rondegat River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Rooiels River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Rufanes River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Sabie River | Mpumalanga | X3 | Incomati River, Mozambique | ||||
| Sak River | Northern Cape | ||||||
| Salt River | Western Cape Cape Town | ||||||
| Sand River | A | Limpopo Province | Limpopo River | ||||
| Sand River | Free State | Vet River | Allemanskraal Dam | ||||
| Sandspruit | Free State | ||||||
| Sandlundlu River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Sandpoort River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Selons River | B2 | Mpumalanga | Highveld east of Middelburg | Olifants River | Near Loskop Dam | 25°22′15″S 29°23′42″E / 25.37083°S 29.39500°E | |
| Smalblaar River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Sout River | Western Cape, Cape Town | ||||||
| Spoeg River | Northern Cape | About 18 km SSE of Hondeklip Bay | |||||
| Steelpoort River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Steenbras River | Western Cape | ||||||
| Sterkstroom River | North West | Buffelspoort Dam | |||||
| Storms River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Suikerbosrant River | C2 | Gauteng | Vereeniging | ||||
| Sundays River | V1 | KwaZulu-Natal | Tugela River | ||||
| Sundays River | M1 | Eastern Cape | Darlington Dam | ||||
| Swart River | Western Cape | North of Caledon | Bot River | ||||
| Swartkops River | Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth | ||||||
| Tamboti River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Tarka River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Timbavati River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Tongati River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Touws River | Western Cape | Groot River | |||||
| Treur River | B6 | Limpopo | |||||
| Troe-Troe River | Northern Cape | ||||||
| Tsitsikamma River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Tsomo River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Tugela River | V | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||
| Tyume River | Eastern Cape | Binfield Park Dam | |||||
| Uilkraal River | Western Cape | Gans Bay, Atlantic Ocean | 34°36′22″S 19°24′33″E / 34.60611°S 19.40917°E | ||||
| Umbilo River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Umfolozi River (Zulu: Mfolozi) | W | KwaZulu-Natal | Maphelana, Indian Ocean | 28°23′52″S 32°25′27″E / 28.39778°S 32.42417°E | |||
| Black Umfolozi River (Zulu: Mfolozi emnyama) | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| White Umfolozi River (Zulu: Mfolozi emhlophe) | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Wilge River (Mpumalanga) | B2 | Mpumalanga | Olifants River | ||||
| Wilge River (Free State) | C8 | Free State | Vaal Dam | ||||
| Umgeni River(uMngeni) | U2 | KwaZulu-Natal | East of Howick | Midmar Dam, Albert Falls Dam, Inanda Dam, Nagle Dam | near Durban, Indian Ocean | 29°48′S 31°2′E / 29.800°S 31.033°E | |
| Umvoti River (or Mvoti River) | U | KwaZulu-Natal | |||||
| Umzimkulu River (Zulu: Mzimkulu) | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Usutu River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Uvuzana River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Vaal River | C | Free State and other | North of Ermelo, Mpumalanga | Bloemhof Dam, Vaal Dam, Douglas Weir | |||
| Vals River | Free State | Vaal River | |||||
| Van Stadens River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Verlorevlei River | Western Cape | Elands Bay Atlantic Ocean | 32°18′54″S 18°20′15″E / 32.31500°S 18.33750°E | ||||
| Vet River | Free State | Vaal River | |||||
| Vier-en-twintig-riviere (English: 24 Rivers) | Western Cape | ||||||
| Waterval River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| White Kei River | Eastern Cape | North of Queenstown | Great Kei River | ||||
| Wilge River | C8 | Free State | |||||
| Wilge River | Mpumalanga | ||||||
| Wit River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Wit River | Limpopo | ||||||
| Woes-Alleen River | Mpumalanga | Boschmanskop No 1 Dam | |||||
| Xora River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Xuka River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Zandvlei | Western Cape | ||||||
| Zimbani River | Eastern Cape | ||||||
| Zinkwasi River | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||
| Zotsha River | KwaZulu-Natal |
Gallery
South Africa's main rivers and their tributaries
Grootrivier in Nature's Valley, stained a tea colour by plant tannins
Amanzimtoti River at Ilanda Wilds
Amanzimtoti River at Ilanda Wilds
Amanzimtoti Lagoon