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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 ...
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.
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]
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]
0 m (0 ft) Basin size. 6,030 km 2 (2,330 sq mi) Mbhashe River [2] is one of the major rivers in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It flows in a southeastern direction and has a catchment area of 6,030 km 2. [3] The river drains into the Indian Ocean through an estuary located near the lighthouse at Bashee, south of Mhlanganisweni.
Nzhelele River. Nzhelele meaning a falcon or an eagle that in ancient times followed elephant hunters and fed on the meat hanging in the trees to dry. [1] / 22.35222°S 30.37194°E / -22.35222; 30.37194. The Nzhelele River is a major watercourse in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Berg River. / 32.767°S 18.150°E / -32.767; 18.150. The Berg River (also called Great Berg River or in Afrikaans: Bergrivier) is a river located just north of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is approximately 294 km (183 mi) long with a catchment area of 7,715 km 2 (2979 mi 2) and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.