RIVER BASIN · ORAN

Orange

Africa · shared by 4 countries

965,595km² of basin
4riparian countries
9treaties on record
13Mpeople in basin

The basin

Orange basin (blue) over its riparian countries · real geometry, TFDD & Natural Earth

Shared by

BotswanaLesothoNamibiaSouth Africa

9 treaties in the record

1986Treaty on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project between the Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho and the Government of the Republic of South Africa
Water Quantity, Hydropower, Infrastructure, Socioeconomic Development
1989Agreement on the Establishment and Operation of a Common Works Area at the Caledon River for the Purpose of the Implementation of the Lesotho Highland Water Pro
1990Agreement Between the Government of Botswana and the Republic of Namibia on the Establishment of a Joint Water Commission. Windhoek, 13 November, 1990
Water Quantity, Water Quality
1991Protocol IV to the treaty on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project: supplementary arrangements regarding phase IA
Funding and Financing
1992Agreement between the government of the Republic of Namibia and the government of the Republic of South Africa on the establishment of a permanent water commiss
Water Quantity, Water Quality, Infrastructure
1992Agreement on the Vioolsdrift and Noordoewer Joint Irrigation Scheme Between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the Republic of
1999Protocol VI to the treaty on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project: supplementary arrangements regarding the system of governance for the project
Infrastructure, Water Quantity, Hydropower
2000Agreement Between the Governments of the Republic of Botswana the Kingdom of Lesotho the Republic of Namibia and the Republic of South Africa on the Establishme
Infrastructure
2017Sharing the water resources of the Orange-Senqu River Basin ◆ GW
Water Quantity

Source: TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database · open in the explorer →