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The river is approximately 1,750 km (1,090 mi) long, with a drainage basin of 415,000 km 2 (160,000 sq mi) in size. The mean discharge measured over a year is 170 m 3 /s (6,000 cu ft/s) to 313 m 3 /s (11,100 cu ft/s) at its mouth. [3] [1] The Limpopo is the second largest African river that drains to the Indian Ocean, after the Zambezi River.
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 ...
The Orange River (from Afrikaans / Dutch: Oranjerivier) is a river in Southern Africa. It is the longest river in South Africa. With a total length of 2,432 km (1,511 mi), the Orange River Basin extends from Lesotho into South Africa and Namibia to the north. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains in Lesotho, flowing westwards through South ...
Buffalo River. • right. Mooi River. 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. [ 2]
The Zambezi(also spelled Zambezeand Zambesi) is the fourth-longestriverin Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Oceanfrom Africa. Its drainage basincovers 1,390,000 km2(540,000 sq mi),[1][2]slightly less than half of the Nile's.
Kwando - Namibia, also known as Linyanti and Chobe in places. Limpopo - Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana. Luangwa River - Zambia. Mania River - Madagascar. Maputo River - South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique. Molopo - Botswana, South Africa. Mooi River (Tugela) - South Africa. Mthatha River - South Africa.
The Great Fish River (called great to distinguish it from the Namibian Fish River) ( Afrikaans: Groot-Visrivier) [ 1] is a river running 644 kilometres (400 mi) through the South African province of the Eastern Cape. The coastal area between Port Elizabeth and the Fish River mouth is known as the Sunshine Coast.
It is approximately 400 km long with a catchment area of 19,853 km². [3] Although it is one of South Africa's major rivers, the Mzimvubu and its basin are largely undeveloped. Presently this river is part of the Mzimvubu to Keiskamma Water Management Area. [4]