River in South Africa
Blesbokspruit Country South Africa Province Gauteng Mouth Suikerbosrand River • coordinates
26°36′00″S 28°17′23″E / 26.6001°S 28.2898°E / -26.6001; 28.2898 Protection status Official name Blesbokspruit Designated 2 October 1986 Reference no. 343[1]
The Blesbokspruit is a river in South Africa that originates north of Daveyton , Gauteng , from where it runs south and then west past the towns of Springs , Nigel and Heidelberg before joining the Suikerbosrand River , a tributary of the Vaal River .
The Marievale Bird Sanctuary is situated in its upper reaches, established when roads and pipelines reached nearby mines in 1930. An area of 1,848 hectares has been declared a Ramsar site to guard against industrial pollution of the wetland , and has been designated as an Important Bird Area .
Biodiversity Among the plants and animals that can be found in the Bleksbokspruit wetland are heron, bulrushes, phragmites reeds, yellow-billed ducks , marsh mongoose and giant bullfrogs.[2] [3]
See also References
^ "Blesbokspruit". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018 . ^ "Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Gauteng Tourism Authority". www.gauteng.net . Retrieved 25 May 2022 . ^ "Marievale Bird Sanctuary". www.nigel.co.za . Retrieved 25 May 2022 .
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