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Karnmelk Spruit

Coordinates: 30°54′20″S 27°07′28″E / 30.90556°S 27.12444°E / -30.90556; 27.12444
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Karringmelk Spruit
A special tourist train steaming across the Kraai River bridge near Lady Grey in 1979
Karnmelk Spruit is located in South Africa
Karnmelk Spruit
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWitteberge
 • coordinates30°42′31″S 27°27′51″E / 30.70861°S 27.46417°E / -30.70861; 27.46417
 • elevation2,500 m (8,200 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
South of Lady Grey, South Africa
 • coordinates
30°54′20″S 27°07′28″E / 30.90556°S 27.12444°E / -30.90556; 27.12444
 • elevation
1,400 m (4,600 ft)
Basin features
River systemOrange River

The Karringmelk Spruit (literally "Buttermilk Spruit") is a tributary of the Kraai River in the Senqu area in the northeastern part of the Eastern Cape. It rises to the south of Wittenberg near Lesotho and flows as a stream southwestward through valleys and gorges east of the town of Lady Grey and further south to where it joins the Kraai River at 30°54′20″S 27°07′58″E / 30.90556°S 27.13278°E / -30.90556; 27.13278.

The river is crossed by a historical railway line (at 30°48′01″S 27°14′48″E / 30.80028°S 27.24667°E / -30.80028; 27.24667), and the Jan Kemp Vorster Bridge (1973) carries car traffic over the river in the direction of Barkly East, about 50 km away.

Etymology of Karringmelk

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The Dutch name "karnmelk" means buttermilk, the slightly sour liquid left after butter has been churned, used in baking or consumed as a drink.

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