Crocodile River
Britishnoun
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a river in N South Africa, rising north of Johannesburg and flowing north-westerly into the Marico River on the Botswanan border; a tributary of the Limpopo
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a river that rises in NE South Africa, in the Kruger National Park, and flows south-easterly into Mozambique
Example Sentences
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This satellite image is of farms next to the Crocodile River in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
From BBC
I first saw him, outspanned at breakfast, near Palla Camp on the Crocodile River, with a number of other men, going into Mashonaland upon the same errand as himself.
From Project Gutenberg
Last New Year’s Day he was up-country hunting for gold near the Crocodile River.
From Project Gutenberg
We had passed the Crocodile River and the belt of ‘Tsetse Fly’ country.
From Project Gutenberg
Jock’s first experience in hunting was on the Crocodile River not far from the spot where afterwards we had the great fight with The Old Crocodile.
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