Klaas Smits River

Klaas Smits River Klaas Smitsrivier
Location of the Klaas Smits River mouth
Location
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape Province
Physical characteristics
Source	Stormberg
• location	Near Molteno, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• elevation	1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Source confluence	Swart-Kei / Wit-Kei
Mouth	Confluence with Black Kei River
• coordinates	32°01′44″S 26°56′0″E
• elevation	1,003 m (3,291 ft)
Length	40 km (25 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Komani River

The Klaas Smits River (Afrikaans: Klaas Smitsrivier) is a river part of the Great Kei River system in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It originates south of Molteno and flows through Sterkstroom, first southwards and then southeastwards before joining up with the Black Kei River. Presently the Klaas Smits River is part of the Mzimvubu to Keiskama Water Management Area.^[1]

The Komani River is a tributary of the Klaas Smits, joining its left bank 5 km south of Queenstown.

The basin of this river saw much commando activity during the Second Boer War.^[2]

See also

• Great Kei River
• List of rivers of South Africa

References

1. Is there a role for traditional governance systems in South Africa's new water management regime?
2. Deneys Reitz, Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, ISBN 978-1417925841

External links

• The South African Military History Society - Military History Journal Vol 13 No 1
• SA Estuarine Land-cover: Great Kei Catchment
• Towns of historical interest in the 'kei