Sundays River

The Sundays River is a river in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and is said to be the fastest flowing river in South Africa. The Khoisan people originally named this river "Nukakamma" (Grassy Water) because the river's banks are always green and grassy despite the arid terrain that it runs through.

Location

The source of the 250 km (156 mi) long Sundays River is in the Compassberg Mountains (the highest mountains in the former Cape Province) near Nieu-Bethesda. The river then flows in a general southsoutheasterly direction, passing the town Graaff-Reinet in the Karoo before winding its way through the Zuurberg Mountains and then past Kirkwood and Addo in the fertile Sundays River Valley. It empties into the Indian Ocean at Algoa Bay after running through the village of Colchester, 40km east of the city of Port Elizabeth.

Fish-Sundays River Canal Scheme

The Fish River-Sundays River Canal Scheme consists of a canal and tunnel system which supplies water from the Orange River to the Great Fish River Valley and subsequently to the Sundays River Valley in order to supplement the existing water supply of the Eastern Cape. Since 1992 the water from the Sundays River Valley has been supplied to Port Elizabeth.