Sand River (Free State)

Sand River Sandrivier
Sand River (middle right) on a map of 1887
Location of the Sand River mouth
Etymology	Named after an incident in which a wagon got stuck into the sand of its dry riverbed[1]
Location
Country	South Africa
State	Free State
Physical characteristics
Source	By Tweefontein
• location	NW of Ficksburg
• elevation	1,660 m (5,450 ft)
Mouth	Vet River
• location	Near Tierfontein
• coordinates	28°5′33″S 26°24′51″E / 28.09250°S 26.41417°E / -28.09250; 26.41417
• elevation	1,260 m (4,130 ft)
Length	200 km (120 mi)

The Sand River (Afrikaans: Sandrivier, formerly Zandrivier^[2]) is a river in the Free State province, South Africa. It is located close to the towns of Welkom and Virginia in the gold mining centre of the Free State. Its source is located close to Tweefontein NW of Ficksburg not far from the South Africa-Lesotho border (at 28°40′49″S 27°41′23″E / 28.68028°S 27.68972°E / -28.68028; 27.68972). This river is famous because of the historical Sand River Convention signed nearby, an important event in South African political history.