Gmaap

Gmaap is a Khoekhoe name recorded for the river also called the Modder. The Modder joins the Riet, whose waters in turn belong to the Vaal and Orange river system. When William Burchell travelled through this country in the early nineteenth century, he recorded several local river names and their translations, including Gmaap or Maap for the muddy river. Such names preserve a geography known to the inhabitants long before the arrival of travellers from the Cape.

The later city of Bloemfontein lies nearby.