The Bell River is a river that drains the Drakensberg uplands of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Its drainage basin, a part of the headwaters of the Orange River, is approximately 424 square kilometres (160 sq mi) in extent, ranging from an altitude of 1,720 m (a.m.s.l) to 3,001m. The river's source is near the Lesotho border (30°40′34″S 28°08′33″E / 30.67611°S 28.14250°E) to the north of the high pass Naudésnek. Downstream it passes the town of Rhodes, to eventually form a tributary of the Kraai River some 40 km (direct) from its source. In fact the Bell River and the Sterkspruit, become the Kraai River northeast of Moshesh's Ford (30°51′08″S 27°46′43″E / 30.85222°S 27.77861°E) flowing further west towards Aliwal North, where it joins the Orange River (30°40′4″S 26°45′9″E / 30.66778°S 26.75250°E).