Sinqu

The Senqu rises high in the Maloti Mountains and winds south through deep valleys before turning west. It is the upper course of the great river that crosses the southern African interior to the Atlantic. Downstream, Khoekhoe speakers knew it as the Gariep, while the name Orange was given to it by Robert Gordon in 1779. The mountain headwaters collect water from the highlands, feeding a river that continues far beyond their grass-covered slopes.

The later city of Quthing lies here.