Eerste River

The Eerste River, located in the

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

A population of the

Tributaries

From "Rivers and Wetlands of Cape Town", ordered from source to sea:^[1]

• Jonkershoek River
• Plankenbrug River (R)
  • Klipies River (L)
  • Kromme River (L)
• Veldwachters River (R)
• Sanddrif River (R)
• Blouklip River (L)
• Bonte River (L)
• Kuils River (R)
  • Bottelary River (L)
  • Kleinvlei canal (L)
• Moddergat canal (L)

Bridges

• N2 Highway bridge.^[1]
• At the
  Kramat of Sheik Yusuf in Macassar.^[1]

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Estuary and mouth

The river mouth is at 34°04.873′S 18°45.887′E / 34.081217°S 18.764783°E / -34.081217; 18.764783, in Macassar, on the north shore of False Bay.

The estuary is at the eastern end of a large calcrete dune, and is part of the boundary of the Helderberg Marine Protected Area. In its natural state the estuary was a small temporarily open system with little tidal flow. The state of the mouth was controlled by river flow, and under natural conditions, seawater intrusion would maintain an estuarine ecology. When the mouth closed, the river would back up past the Kramat to Zandvliet farm.^[1]

See also

• List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
• List of rivers of South Africa

References

• List of South African Dams from the
  Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (South Africa)

34°05′S 18°46′E / 34.083°S 18.767°E / -34.083; 18.767