Come on... that's not even close to similar clarity. If that water was in a pool 20 feet deep, you wouldn't be able to see the bottom. If you get up to the water where Liam caught the fish, you wouldn't believe the clarity in some of the deeper pools.
Basically, the water from the mountain rain and snow, filters through the layers of rock and sand, and sits in the aquifers for years sometimes, and percolates through the layers, and eventually lands up i the rivers. Most parts of the middle and lower Vaal and Orange, dont have mountains to create the conditions for crystal clear water, and rely mostly on "runoff" to feed the river. This brings in a the silt that clouds the water. It's simply a different river, fed in a different way, so please don't take this as a criticism of the Vaal and it's water clarity.
I have seen the Orange on rare occasions, with clarity similar to your Vaal picture, and when it gets like this... enjoy it, it's flippin wonderfull.
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