PHYSICAL FEATURES OF SOUTH AFRICA

CHAPTER 3 – Unit 3

Unit 3: Rivers

1. RIVER SYSTEMS – WHERE RIVERS BEGIN AND END
1. All rivers starts flowing from a high area of land to a lower area of land.
2. Most rivers flow into the sea!
3. The parts of a river system has names given to it. They are:
1. The place where the river start is called the source.
2. The place where the river flows into the sea is called the mouth.
3. A small river that flows into a bigger one is called a tributary.
4. A river system is one main river and all of its tributaries.
5. A catchment is an area where rainwater is collected, flows into tributaries and these tributaries flows into a main river which flows into the sea.

2. THE MAIN RIVERS OF SOUTH AFRICA

• Here are some main rivers of South Africa out of many.
• Berg river
• Doring river
• Breede river
• Gariep-Orange river
• Gourits river
• Gamtoos river