Vet River
title: "Vet River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["karoo", "rivers-of-the-free-state-(province)"] topic_path: "general/karoo" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vet_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox river"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vet |
| native_name | naq |
| name_etymology | Translated into Afrikaans from its Khoekhoe name Geigoub, meaning 'great fat'. |
| image | Bloemhof Dam. View from the Freestate side.jpg |
| image_caption | The Bloemhof Dam, at the confluence of the Vet with the Vaal River |
| map | {{maplink |
| id1 | Q3644278 |
| id2 | Q120703103 |
| id3 | Q64704063 |
| pushpin_map | South Africa |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of the Vet River mouth |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | South Africa |
| subdivision_type3 | Region |
| subdivision_name3 | Free State |
| source1_location | Between Marquard and Clocolan |
| source1_elevation | 1269 m |
| mouth | Vaal River |
| mouth_location | Bloemhof Dam |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| mouth_elevation | 1241 m |
| tributaries_right | Sand River |
| :: |
| name = Vet | native_name = naq | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = Translated into Afrikaans from its Khoekhoe name Geigoub, meaning 'great fat'. | image = Bloemhof Dam. View from the Freestate side.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Bloemhof Dam, at the confluence of the Vet with the Vaal River | map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes |id1=Q3644278|type1=line|stroke-colour1=#4271ae|stroke-width1=5 |id2=Q120703103|type2=line|stroke-colour2=#4271ae|stroke-width2=5|title2=Groot-Vetrivier |id3=Q64704063|type3=line|stroke-colour3=#4271ae|stroke-width3=5|title3=Klein-Vetrivier}} | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = South Africa | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Vet River mouth | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = South Africa | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Free State | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = Between Marquard and Clocolan | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = 1269 m | mouth = Vaal River | mouth_location = Bloemhof Dam | mouth_coordinates = | mouth_elevation = 1241 m | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = Sand River | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = The Vet River (, "fat river") is a westward-flowing tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa. Its sources are between Marquard and Clocolan and the Vet River flows roughly northwestwards to meet the Vaal at the Bloemhof Dam near Hoopstad.
Erfenis Dam was built on this river in order to provide water for the town of Theunissen.
Tributaries
thumb|left|Vet River (middle right) on a map of 1887 Its main tributary is the Sand River which joins it from the east.
The actual Vet river is formed at the confluence of the Klein Vet and the Groot Vet upstream from the Erfenis Dam.
References
References
- [https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames_djvu.txt Dictionary of Southern African Place Names]
- Op pad in Suid-Afrika. 1995. Bl 263
- [http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/rhp/eco/FROC/WMA9MiddleVaal.jpg Middle Vaal WMA 9]
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