Olifant River, a forked stream of Cape Colony, rises in the mountains north-east of Cape-town, and, after a north-westerly course of 150 miles, enters the Atlantic. Area of drainage basin, 13,000 sq. m.—Another stream bearing the same name rises in the Transvaal, and goes east to join the Limpopo.
Olifant River
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 597
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