The Breede River is a river in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Capital Cape Town Largest city Cape Town Premier Ebrahim Rasool Area - Total Ranked 4th 129,370 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 5th 4,524,335 35/km² Languages Afrikaans (55. ...
It is approximately 337 km long with a catchment area of 12,384 km². The word "Breede" is Dutch for "wide". The major towns in the catchment include Swellendam in the middle to lower catchment, Montagu and Robertson in the middle catchment and Worcester in the upper catchment. There is one dam on the river, the the Brandvlei Dam. The river's source catchment is in the Skurweberge mountain range above Ceres and it mouths into the Indian Ocean at Witsand at St. Sebastian Bay. Swellendam Municipality is a municipality located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. ... Montagu is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. ... Robertson is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa known as the valley of wine and roses. ... Worcester, South Africa is a town situated about 120 km from Cape Town, in the Breede River Valley. ... Ceres is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. ...