The Doring River () is a river in the
Western Cape Province
The Western Cape ( ; , ) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces with an area of , and the third most populous, with an estimated 7 million inhabi ...
,
South Africa
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. It is part of the
Olifants/Doring River system.
The name 'Doring' is also applied to a stretch of the Sout River, another Olifants tributary, midway through its course.
Course
The Doring originates northeast of
Ceres and joins the
Olifants River near the town of
Klawer
Klawer is a town in the Matzikama Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated on the right bank of the Olifants River, south-east of Vredendal and north of Cape Town. According to the 2011 census, it has a popula ...
as the Oudrif River after the confluence with the Koebee River. Tributaries include the Tankwa River,
Riet River, Wolf River and Brandewyn River.
Ecology
The
Clanwilliam Yellowfish (''Labeobarbus capensis''), a local
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
species classified as
Vulnerable by the
IUCN
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, is found in the Doring and other rivers of its basin.
See also
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List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
The following is a partial list of dams in South Africa. __NOTOC__
In South African English (under influence of Afrikaans), a dam refers to both the wall as well as the reservoir or lake that builds up as a consequence.
List of dams (reservo ...
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List of rivers of South Africa
This is a list of rivers in South Africa.
It is quite common to find the Afrikaans word ''-rivier'' as part of the name. Another common suffix is "''-kamma''", from the Khoisan term for "river"
Meiring, Barbara"South African Toponymic Guidelin ...
References
External links
The Influence of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Temperature on the Distribution, Habitat, Use and Recruitment of Threatened Cyprinids in a Western Cape River, South Africa
from the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry (South Africa)
Rivers of the Western Cape
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