Modder River is an irrigation and stock farming town situated south of Kimberley near the confluence of the Riet and Modder Rivers in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. ... Northern Cape is a province of South Africa, created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. ...
The Boer WarBattle of Modder River took place here. Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one from December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch, French and German origin (called Boers, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South... Modder River - 28 November 1899 British Victory ~ Was a tiring day again with the heat and especially after forming at 430am and being the 3rd battle in a week. ...
The confluence of the Orange and Vaal rivers became an important settlement area for the khoikhoi in their search for new pastures and it is thought that the settlement split into three groups after a major dispute.
Near the confluence of the Orange River and its main tributary, the Vaal River, Douglas is a thriving, fast-growing town surrounded by a wealth of agricultural and stock farming ventures fed by two of South Africa's greatest rivers.
ModderRiver lies south of Kimberley, near the confluence of the Riet and Modderrivers in the vicinity of several monuments commemorating the Anglo-Boer War Battle of ModderRiver.
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