GROOTBRAK RIVER: Overview

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The length of the river as measured from the start of the longest tributary depicted on map of the catchment by Hill Kaplan Scott and Partners (1974) is 28,5km.  (Ref 1)
The main tributaries of the Great Brak are the Perdebergrivier, Tweeriviere and Varingsrivier.  (Ref 1)
The mouth of the Great Brak River lies at 34°03'S; 22°14'E.  The nearest large towns are Mossel Bay, 24km to the west, and George, 34 km to the east by road.  Cape St Blaize, marking the western extremity of Mossel Bay, lies 16km SSW of the Great Brak Estuary.  The major cities of Cape Town and Port Elizabeth lie, respectively, 420 km west and 369 km east of the Great Brak.  (Ref 1)
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Ref 1: ESTUARIES OF THE CAPE; REPORT NO.20  Groot Brak (CMS 3) CSIR RESEARCH REPORT 419
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