Boesmans River (Eastern Cape)

Boesmans River
Location of the Boesman's River mouth
Native nameQhorha (Xhosa)
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
TownsKenton-on-Sea
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNorth of Kirkwood, Eastern Cape, South Africa
MouthIndian Ocean
  location
Kenton-on-Sea, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  coordinates
33°41′26″S 26°39′52″E / 33.6906°S 26.6645°E / -33.6906; 26.6645
  elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length230 km (140 mi)
Basin size2,670 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationKenton-on-Sea

Boesmans River (Afrikaans: Boesmansrivier) is a river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It originates north of Kirkwood and runs east past Alicedale, before it turns and twists south and east to Kenton-on-Sea, where it mouths into the Indian Ocean through a tidal estuary only 1.7 km to the SW of the mouth of the Kariega River.