Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 2,100 km (1,305 mi) long, of Lesotho, South Africa, and Namibia flowing southwest, northwest, and west to the Atlantic Ocean. It is used extensively for irrigation.
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- proper noun A river in
South Africa named in honor of the House ofOrange-Nassau .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
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Examples
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The Sperregebiet is completely devoid of ephemeral rivers, so the Orange River is a vital resource.
Succulent Karoo 2008
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River, formerly called the Orange River, flowing westward.
Address to the opening of The South Africa-People's Republic of China Binational Commission 2004
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River, formerly called the Orange River, flowing westward.
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Tandjes Berg and Great Winter Berg mountains, across the Zour Bergen, and so over the Orange River and right through the very heart of what is now known as the Orange River Colony and the Transvaal, but was then a practically unknown wilderness.
Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886
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It stretches for 976 miles 1,570km, from the Kunene River, at the northern border with Angola, to the Orange River, on the border with South Africa, and is expected to be promoted as a unified destination.
Namibia Designates Entire Coast Line As National Park Telegraph 2011
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It stretches for 976 miles 1,570km, from the Kunene River, at the northern border with Angola, to the Orange River, on the border with South Africa, and is expected to be promoted as a unified destination.
Namibia Designates Entire Coast Line As National Park Telegraph 2011
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They occur on the eastern fringes of the desert from southern Angola to the Orange River, characteristically within the Stipagrostis grassland community.
Kaokoveld desert 2008
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Most of the Nama Karoo occurs on the central plateau of the Cape Province in South Africa, although it extends over the Orange River into Namibia in the northwest.
Nama Karoo 2008
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Despite the successes at a bilateral level, a shortcoming is that it has not included all basin states and therefore may affect the rights and interests of other states, for example, water availability in Namibia and the Orange River estuary.
Regional cooperation for peace and sustainable development in Africa 2008
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A similar phenomenon occurs to the south of the Orange River in the form of heuweltjies (originally termitaria) that are about 30 meters (m) in diameter and 1 m high.
Kaokoveld desert 2008
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