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Eerste River

For the Western Cape town, see Eerste River, Western Cape.

Eerste River in Stellenbosch after heavy rains
The rivers of the Cape region with the Eerste River (left center)

The Eerste River, located in the Western Cape, South Africa, rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town at the head of Jonkershoek valley. The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and south of the Tygerberg where the Kuils River tributary rises east of Kanonkop. The Eerste River is a short river; its length has been given as 40 km. The major tributary, Kuils River, is approximately 30 km long to its point of confluence with the Eerste River.[1]

For a significant part of its course, the river flows through the City of Cape Town.[1]

A population of the endangered local endemic Berg River Redfin (Pseudobarbus burgi) was found in the Eerste River. It has become extinct in recent times.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Brown and Magoba 2009 part 2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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