Klaas Smits River

Klaas Smits River
Klaas Smitsrivier
Klaas Smits River is located in South Africa
Klaas Smits River
Location of the Klaas Smits River mouth
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape Province
Physical characteristics
SourceStormberg
 • locationNear Molteno, Eastern Cape, South Africa
 • elevation1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Source confluenceSwart-Kei / Wit-Kei
MouthConfluence with Black Kei River
 • coordinates
32°01′44″S 26°56′0″E / 32.02889°S 26.93333°E / -32.02889; 26.93333
 • elevation
1,003 m (3,291 ft)
Length40 km (25 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftKomani 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]

  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