tarka, river, river, eastern, cape, south, africa, along, with, baviaans, river, grootbrak, river, river, major, eastern, tributary, great, fish, river, lake, arthur, kommandodrif, located, this, river, latter, included, commando, drift, nature, reserve, umncu. The Tarka River is a river in the Eastern Cape South Africa Along with the Baviaans River Grootbrak River and Kat River it is a major eastern tributary of the Great Fish River 2 The Lake Arthur Dam and the Kommandodrif Dam are located in this river The latter is included in the Commando Drift Nature Reserve Tarka RiverUmncumubaConfluence of the Tarka and Great Fish RiversEtymologyTarka probably meaning place of many women in the Khoekhoe language The Xhosa name Umncumuba means willow tree 1 LocationCountrySouth AfricaProvinceEastern CapePhysical characteristicsSource locationBamboesbergMouthGreat Fish River locationConfluence coordinates32 18 53 S 25 43 30 E 32 31472 S 25 72500 E 32 31472 25 72500 Coordinates 32 18 53 S 25 43 30 E 32 31472 S 25 72500 E 32 31472 25 72500 elevation815 m 2 674 ft The Tarka river is part of the Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area 3 References Edit Dictionary of Southern African Place Names Transactions of the Geological Society of London Geological Society of London 1856 p 57 Retrieved 11 January 2010 tarka river Fish to Tsitsikama WMA 15External links EditFish to Sundays Internal Strategic Perspective This article related to a river in South Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tarka River amp oldid 1119357700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
