Vet
The Bloemhof Dam, at the confluence of the Vet with the Vaal River
Location of the Vet River mouth
Etymology	Translated into Afrikaans from its Khoekhoe name Geigoub, meaning 'great fat'.[1]
Native name	Geigoub (Khoekhoe)
Location
Country	South Africa
Region	Free State
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Between Marquard and Clocolan
• elevation	1,269 m (4,163 ft)
Mouth	Vaal River
• location	Bloemhof Dam
• coordinates	27°41′S 25°40′E / 27.683°S 25.667°E / -27.683; 25.667
• elevation	1,241 m (4,072 ft)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Sand River

The Vet River (Afrikaans: Vetrivier) is a westward-flowing tributary of the Vaal River in central South Africa. Its sources are between Marquard and Clocolan and the Vet River flows roughly northwestwards to meet the Vaal at the Bloemhof Dam near Hoopstad.

Erfenis Dam was built on this river in order to provide water for the town of Theunissen.^[2]

Tributaries

Its main tributary is the Sand River which joins it from the east.

The actual Vet river is formed at the confluence of the Klein Vet and the Groot Vet upstream from the Erfenis Dam.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers in South Africa
• Middle Vaal Water Management Area

References

External links

• Free State Region River Systems
• Military History Journal, Vol 10 No 3 - The skirmish at Vet River, 1846