White Kei River

White Kei River
Wit-Keirivier
White Kei River is located in South Africa
White Kei River
Location of the White Kei River mouth
EtymologyFrom kei, the word for "water" in the Khoekhoe language
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape Province
Physical characteristics
SourceStormberg
 • locationEastern Cape, South Africa
 • elevation1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Source confluenceSwart-Kei / Wit-Kei
MouthConfluence with Black Kei River
 • coordinates
32°13′34″S 27°30′36″E / 32.22611°S 27.51000°E / -32.22611; 27.51000
 • elevation
540 m (1,770 ft)

The White Kei River or Wit-Kei River is a river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It originates north of Queenstown, beginning its course as the Grootvleispruit river and eventually joining the Black Kei River, to form the Great Kei River.[1][2]

The Xonxa Dam is located in the White Kei River. Presently this river is part of the Mzimvubu to Keiskama Water Management Area.[3]

  1. ^ Mizimbuvu to Keiskamma WMA 12
  2. ^ Stanford, W. E. (January 1910). "Statement of Silayi, with Reference to His Life Among the Bushmen". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 1 (2): 435–440. Bibcode:1910TRSSA...1..435S. doi:10.1080/00359191009520056. ISSN 0035-919X.
  3. ^ Is there a role for traditional governance systems in South Africa's new water management regime?