Wilge River (Olifants)

This article is about the river of the Olifants River (Lepelle) system. For the tributary of the Vaal River, see Wilge River.
Wilge River
River
Name origin: From wilg, the word for 'willow' in Afrikaans[1]
Country South Africa
Province Gauteng and Mpumalanga
Source Witwatersrand
 - location Near Leandra
 - elevation 1,640 m (5,381 ft)
Mouth Olifants River (Limpopo)
 - location SW of Loskop Dam
 - elevation 1,127 m (3,698 ft)
 - coordinates ZA 25°34′35″S 29°11′10″E / 25.57639°S 29.18611°E / -25.57639; 29.18611Coordinates: ZA 25°34′35″S 29°11′10″E / 25.57639°S 29.18611°E / -25.57639; 29.18611
Location of the Wilge River mouth

The Wilge River is a river in Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces, South Africa. It is a tributary of the Olifants River.

Course

The Wilge River has its origin about 15 km WNW of Leandra, in the highveld grasslands between this town and Springs, Gauteng.[2] It flows roughly northwards until it is joined by its main tributary, the Bronkhorstspruit, that joins its left bank about 25 km downstream of Bronkhorstspruit town. Then it flows in a northeastern direction until it joins the Olifants about 12 km upstream from the head of the Loskop Dam reservoir.[3]

Other tributaries of the Wilge are the Kendal and the Devon River.[4]

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