{{Use South African English|date = July 2023}} {{Infobox river | name = Vet | native_name = {{native name|naq|Geigoub}} | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = Translated into Afrikaans from its Khoekhoe name ''Geigoub'', meaning 'great fat'.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames_djvu.txt Dictionary of Southern African Place Names]</ref> <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Bloemhof Dam. View from the Freestate side.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Bloemhof Dam, at the confluence of the Vet with the Vaal River | map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes |id1=Q3644278|type1=line|stroke-colour1=#4271ae|stroke-width1=5 |id2=Q120703103|type2=line|stroke-colour2=#4271ae|stroke-width2=5|title2=Groot-Vetrivier |id3=Q64704063|type3=line|stroke-colour3=#4271ae|stroke-width3=5|title3=Klein-Vetrivier}} | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = South Africa | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Vet River mouth <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = South Africa | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Free State | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = Between Marquard and Clocolan | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = {{convert|1269|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Vaal River | mouth_location = Bloemhof Dam | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|27|41|S|25|40|E|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|1241|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = Sand River | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Vet River''' ({{langx|af|Vetrivier}}, "fat river") 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.<ref>Op pad in Suid-Afrika. 1995. Bl 263</ref>
==Tributaries== thumb|left|Vet River (middle right) on a map of 1887 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.<ref>[http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/rhp/eco/FROC/WMA9MiddleVaal.jpg Middle Vaal WMA 9]</ref> {{clear left}}
== See also == * List of rivers in South Africa * Middle Vaal Water Management Area
== References == <references/>
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071025125021/http://www.environment.gov.za/soer/reports/rivers/free%20state/Free%20State.pdf Free State Region River Systems] *[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol103sa.html Military History Journal, Vol 10 No 3 - The skirmish at Vet River, 1846]
Category:Karoo Category:Rivers of the Free State (province)