Great Fish River

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The Great Fish River is a major river in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, historically significant as a frontier boundary during the Cape Frontier Wars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Fish River canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Fish ⓘ
Groot-Visrivier ⓘ
linked to: Great Brak River
associatedEvent Cape Frontier Wars ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa Wars
basinCountry South Africa ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
drainageBasin Great Fish River basin ⓘ
ecoregion South African temperate rivers ⓘ
flowsInto Indian Ocean ⓘ
flowsThrough Albany region ⓘ
Karoo region ⓘ
linked to: Karoo
hasClimate semi-arid to temperate along its course ⓘ
hasEstuaryType permanently open estuary ⓘ
hasGeomorphology meandering lower course with estuarine mouth ⓘ
hasInfrastructure hydroelectric and irrigation works ⓘ
hasTributary Brak River (Eastern Cape) ⓘ
Kap River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kat River ⓘ
Koonap River ⓘ
Tarka River ⓘ
hasWaterManagementProject Orange–Fish River Tunnel scheme ⓘ
hasWildlife aquatic birds ⓘ
freshwater fish species ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfImportance 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
historicalRole boundary between Cape Colony and Xhosa territories ⓘ
frontier boundary during the Cape Frontier Wars ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of conflicts between European settlers and Xhosa peoples ⓘ
languageOfAlternateName Afrikaans ⓘ
length approximately 690 km ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Cape ⓘ
locatedInProtectedAreaRegion parts of Eastern Cape conservation areas ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Africa ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt near Port Alfred ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
partOf river systems of the Eastern Cape ⓘ
passesNear Cookhouse ⓘ
Cradock ⓘ
Grahamstown (Makhanda) ⓘ
linked to: Grahamstown

Peddie ⓘ
Somerset East ⓘ
receivesInterbasinTransferFrom Orange River ⓘ
region former Cape Province ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn Eastern Cape interior ⓘ
sourceLocatedNear near Graaff-Reinet ⓘ
usedAsBoundaryBy British Cape Colony authorities ⓘ
linked to: Cape Colony
usedFor irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Beaufort → locatedNearRiver → Great Fish River ⓘ
Grahamstown → near → Great Fish River ⓘ
Stormberg → drainageBasin → Great Fish River ⓘ
Cradock → locatedOnRiver → Great Fish River ⓘ
Cookhouse → locatedNear → Great Fish River ⓘ
Kat River → tributaryOf → Great Fish River ⓘ