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    The Orange River (from Afrikaans/Dutch: Oranjerivier) is a river in Southern Africa. It is the longest river in South Africa. With a total length of 2...
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    The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after Britain first occupied (1900) and then annexed (1902) the independent Orange Free State in...
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    Great Britain and Ireland in 1848 when the region was proclaimed as the Orange River Sovereignty, with a British Resident based in Bloemfontein. Bloemfontein...
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  • Look up Orange or orange in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Orange most often refers to: Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species Citrus × sinensis...
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    Orange River mudfish (Labeo capensis) is a species of fish in genus Labeo. It inhabits the Orange River system of southern Africa. L. capensis reaches...
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  • The Orange River Convention (sometimes also called the Bloemfontein Convention; Afrikaans: Bloemfontein-konvensie) was a convention whereby the British...
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    Orange is the colour between yellow and red on the spectrum of visible light. Human eyes perceive orange when observing light with a dominant wavelength...
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    diamonds. The cave is sometimes described as instead connecting to the Orange River by a natural pipe through which the diamonds are gradually funneled into...
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    Vaal River (/ˈvɑːl/ Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈfɑːl]; Khoemana: ǀHaiǃarib) is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa. The river has...
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    The Orange River Sovereignty (1848–1854; Afrikaans: Oranjerivier-soewereiniteit) was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in...
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    The Orange River francolin (Scleroptila gutturalis) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae found in grassland and woodland in Africa. In the taxa...
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  • Orange River (Jamaica) Orange River (Maine) Orange River Colony Orange River Sovereignty Orange River Convention Vicariate Apostolic of Orange River Orange...
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    The Orange River flows through the province, forming the borders with the Free State in the southeast and with Namibia to the northwest. The river is also...
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    colonies namely: Cape Colony (preceded by Dutch Cape Colony), Natal Colony, Orange River Colony and Transvaal Colony. After the colonies were disestablished as...
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    tunnel in central South Africa, built to divert water from the Orange River to the Fish River valley. It is the longest continuous enclosed aqueduct in the...
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    central plateau contains only two major rivers: the Limpopo (a stretch of which is shared with Zimbabwe), and the Orange (with its tributary, the Vaal) which...
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    Gariep Dam (category Orange River)
    October 1996. Gariep is Khoekhoe for "river", the original name of the Orange River. The dam is on the Orange River about 48 kilometres (30 mi) north-east...
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    South Orange, known as the Township of South Orange Village from October 1978 until April 25, 2024, is a suburban village in Essex County, in the U.S...
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    Free State Province. Its predecessor was the Orange River Colony which in 1902 had replaced the Orange Free State, a Boer republic. Its outside borders...
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    Africa Topographic map of South Africa. Course and watershed of the Orange River with topography shading and political boundaries. Grootrivier in Nature's...
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    An orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically...
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    diamonds. Several rivers and streams run through the Namib, although all of the rivers south of the Cunene River and north of the Orange River are ephemeral...
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    440,000 km2 (170,000 sq mi). It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River into two portions – Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand...
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  • The Orange River is a river of Jamaica. List of rivers of Jamaica GEOnet Names Server OMC Map CIA Map Ford, Jos C. and Finlay, A.A.C. (1908).The Handbook...
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    British colonies: Cape Colony, Colony of Natal, Transvaal Colony, and Orange River Colony. The country became a fully sovereign nation state within the...
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  • Thumbnail for Flag of the Orange River Colony
    The flag of the Orange River Colony was the official flag of the Orange River Colony in South Africa from 1904 to 1910. It formed part of a system of...
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    southwestward and then westward before joining the Orange River near Bethulie in the southern Free State. The river was originally named Prinses Wilhelminas Rivier...
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    Transvaal, and Orange River colonies. It included the territories that were formerly a part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Following...
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  • The Orange River is a tributary of the Caloosahatchee River. Orange River is a 8.7 mile stream. 26°41′39″N 81°47′46″W / 26.694092°N 81.796231°W / 26...
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    flag of the Orange Free State was officially used from 1857 to 1902. It was superseded by the flag of the Orange River Colony. When the Orange Free State...
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