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Maayo Kaledon

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Maayo Kaledon
Wokiro River
Mouth of the watercourseOrange River Taƴto
Drainage basinOrange River basin Taƴto
LesdiLesoto, Sawdafirika Taƴto
Nder laamooreLesoto Taƴto
Jonde kwa'odineto28°37′3″S 28°42′11″E, 30°31′18″S 26°4′13″E Taƴto
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Maayo Kaledon (e Sotho: Mohokare) ko maayo mawngo tawaango e caka Afrik worgo. Njuuteeki maggal fof ko 642 km (399 mi), ina ummoo e koɗli Drakensberg to keeri Lesotho, ina ilna fuɗnaange-rewo, caggal ɗuum ina ilna hirnaange hade mum jokkondirde e maayo Orange sara Bethulie to fuɗnaange Dowlaaji Dentuɗi. Maayo ngo fuɗɗii innireede ko “Princes Wilhelminas Rivier” e hitaande 1777, ko Kolonel R J Gordon.[1]

Iwdi maayo Kaledon woni ko e bantustan ɓooyɗo biyeteeɗo QwaQwa, sara keeri leydi Lesoto, to fuɗnaange-rewo Witsieshoek. Ndeen nde rewata ko fuɗnaange-rewo, nde fawii e keerol laamorgo leydi Lesoto, hono Maseru. Ko kañum woni keeri hakkunde Afrik worgo e Lesoto hade mum naatde e diiwaan Free State to Afrik worgo (fuɗnaange Wepener). Ndeen nde ummotoo ko bannge worgo hade mayre jokkondirde e maayo Orange sara Bethulie to fuɗnaange Free State, hade mayre yahde e baraas Gariep. Njuuteeki maggal fof ko hedde 480 km (300 mi), e falnde maggal ina heɓa mbayliigaaji nguleeki mawɗi.[2] Leydi gonndi e ŋoral hakkunde maayo Caledon e maayo Orange ina waɗi 22 000 ha e nder nokku keeriiɗo biyeteeɗo Tussen-die-Riviere.[3]

Maayo ngo ko ɓuuɓri ndiyam gadani wonande Maseru, laamorgo leydi Lesoto, dariiɗo e dow maayo ngo. E sahaaji toɓooli seeɗa, ŋakkeende ndiyam ina waawi arde. Ngam haɓaade ɗum, ɓulli keewɗi mbaɗaama e mbaydiiji ko wayi no baraas Muela e baraas Meulspruit.[4] E hitaande 2003, ndiyam yaltinaama ɗoo ngam haɗde yooro.[5] Falnde Kaledon ina jogii nafoore e daartol leñol Basotho. Nokku oo ina heewi ndiyam no feewi, ina waawi remde tawa ndiyam alaa. Ɗum waɗi ɗum yiɗde, ina jeyaa e ko addani ɗum hare hakkunde Basotho en e Boer en.[6] Maasa ina remee e nokkuuji keewɗi e nder falnde Caledon.[2]

  1. ↑ Raper, P.E. (1987). Dictionary of South African Place Names (PDF). p. 105.
  2. 1 2 "Caledon River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tussen Die Riviere Game Reserve". SA Places. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Caledon River - Dams". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Drought". Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2005.
  6. ↑ Coplan, David B. (2001). "A river runs through it: The meaning of the Lesotho‐free state border". African Affairs. 100 (398): 81–116. doi:10.1093/afraf/100.398.81.