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Vaal
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Vaal  (väl)
A river rising in eastern South Africa and flowing about 1,207 km (750 mi) southwest to the Orange River.
Vaal [vɑːl]
n
(Placename) a river in South Africa, rising in the Drakensberg and flowing west to join the Orange River. Length: 1160 km (720 miles)
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The principal African diamonds were found in 1867 in the sand and gravels of the Vaal River in South Africa.
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Training had been going well so I suggested to a mate that we take a boat out on the Vaal river and relax a bit," said the South African.
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The team identified 465 tools brought out of a diamond-mining pit bordering South Africa's Vaal River, near the town of Windsorton.
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