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A map showing South Africa's cities, main towns, selected villages, rivers, and its highest peak. This is a list of rivers in South Africa. It is quite common to find the Afrikaans word -rivier as part of the name. Another common suffix is "-kamma", from the Khoisan term for "river" [1] (often tautologically the English term "river" is added to ...
Downstream of Kwena Dam, the Crocodile River winds through the Schoemanskloof and down the Montrose Falls. It then flows eastwards past Nelspruit and joins the Komati River at Komatipoort. [1] The Crocodile River in Mpumalanga has a catchment area of 10,446 km 2. Upstream it is a popular trout fishing place. [2]
Massive growth of water hyacinth deteriorating the water quality of Hartbeespoort Dam. The Crocodile River is one of the most polluted river systems in South Africa.The effects of pollution from two of South Africa's metropolitan areas, Johannesburg and Tshwane, has been detrimental to the ecology of the system.
The Olifants River (Afrikaans: Olifantsrivier) is a river in the northwestern area of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The upper and main catchment area of the Olifants river is around Ceres and the Cederberg mountains. The Clanwilliam and Bulshoek dams are located on the river and provide water for the towns and farms along the ...
The Tugela River (Zulu: Thukela; Afrikaans: Tugelarivier) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. With a total length of 560 km (350 mi), and a drop of 1 370 metres in the lower 480 km, [ 1 ] it is one of the most important rivers of the country.
B ^ The Limpopo River Basin is not wholly located within South Africa, it straddles four countries, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. [ 1 ] C ^ The Tugela and Vaal drainage basins are linked with the Tugela-Vaal Water Project , an interbasin transfer scheme across the Drakensberg watershed that supplies additional water to the ...
The Levubu River or Levuvhu [3] (Tsonga: Rivubye; Venda: Luvuvhu) [1] is located in the northern Limpopo province of South Africa.Some of its tributaries, such as the Mutshindudi River and Mutale River rise in the Soutpansberg Mountains.
The Nzhelele River is a major watercourse in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The river's catchment area comprises 3,436 square kilometers. The river's catchment area comprises 3,436 square kilometers.