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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One find of the utmost importance was made at Komatipoort, and at Hector Spruit on the Crocodile River.
From The Great Boer War by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
Blushing with shame and trembling with emotion, Maria led me towards him, and, in accents I can never forget, told how I had rescued her in the passage of the Crocodile River.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
The object of Beatson's column was to hold the drifts of the Crocodile River, while Benson's was to seize the neighbouring hills called the Bothasberg.
From The Great Boer War by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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 From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.
On that date his force made a march of fourteen miles, which brought them over the Crocodile River to Badfontein.
From The Great Boer War by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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