Vaal

American  

[vahl] / vɑl /

noun

1. a river in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, flowing SW from the Transvaal to the Orange River. 700 miles (1,125 km) long.

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Vaal British  

/ vɑːl /

noun

1. a river in South Africa, rising in the Drakensberg and flowing west to join the Orange River. Length: 1160 km (720 miles)

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Example Sentences

Water is funnelled out of the dam, entering a series of tunnels, that eventually takes it into the Vaal river system in South Africa.

From BBC

This would be Rintrah, from the extra-dimensional planet R’Vaal.

From Los Angeles Times

Last October, Johannesburg residents were hit with precautionary water restrictions when the Vaal Dam levels dropped to 53 percent, and planned maintenance stopped Lesotho’s water transfers for two months.

From National Geographic

Gauteng province draws its water from the Integrated Vaal River System that includes a huge water transfer via the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

From National Geographic

There were two warring factions of the African National Congress where we were, in the Vaal Triangle, south of Johannesburg, and we needed them to stop the tit for tat.

From New York Times