The Modder River is a river in South Africa. It is a tributary of the Riet RiverUpper Orange WMA 13 that forms part of the border between the Northern Cape and the Free State provinces. The river's banks were the scenes of heavy fighting in the beginning of the Second Boer War at the Battle of Modder River.
There is an inhabited farming place named "Modder River" just north of the confluence between this river and the Riet.Modder River - DescriptionPadlangs deur Suid-Afrika. 2010
The Modder River is used extensively for irrigation, including the Krugersdrift Dam near Bloemfontein.
See also Battle of Modder River List of rivers of South Africa
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Battle of Modder River, 28 November 1899