Wilge River (Olifants)
| Wilge River | |
| River | |
| Name origin: From wilg, the word for 'willow' in Afrikaans | |
| Country | South Africa |
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| Province | Gauteng and Mpumalanga |
| Source | Witwatersrand |
| - location | Near Leandra |
| - elevation | 1,640 m (5,381 ft) |
| Mouth | Olifants River (Limpopo) |
| - location | SW of Loskop Dam |
| - elevation | 1,127 m (3,698 ft) |
| - coordinates | 25°34′35″S 29°11′10″E / 25.57639°S 29.18611°ECoordinates: 25°34′35″S 29°11′10″E / 25.57639°S 29.18611°E |
  Location of the Wilge River mouth
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The Wilge River is a river in Mpumalanga and Gauteng provinces, South Africa. It is a tributary of the Olifants River.
The Wilge River has its origin about 15 km WNW of Leandra, in the highveld grasslands between this town and Springs, Gauteng. It flows roughly northwards until it is joined by its main tributary, the Bronkhorstspruit, that joins its left bank about 25 km downstream of Bronkhorstspruit town. Then it flows in a northeastern direction until it joins the Olifants about 12 km upstream from the head of the Loskop Dam reservoir.
Other tributaries of the Wilge are the Kendal and the Devon River.
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