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The uMkhomazi River is a river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It rises in some of the highest eastwards-facing slopes of the Drakensberg mountains, near the mighty Thabana Ntlenyana. The river flows southeastwards towards the Indian Ocean, which it enters through a navigable estuary at Umkomaas, about 50 km southwest of Durban. I…
The uMkhomazi River is a river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It rises in some of the highest eastwards-facing slopes of the Drakensberg mountains, near the mighty Thabana Ntlenyana. The river flows southeastwards towards the Indian Ocean, which it enters through a navigable estuary at Umkomaas, about 50 km southwest of Durban. Its main tributaries are the Loteni, Nzinga, Mkomazane, Elands and the Xobho River.
  • Etymology: Meaning 'the place of she-whales' in the Zulu language
  • Country: South Africa
  • Region: KwaZulu-Natal
  • Source: Near Thabana Ntlenyana
  • Mouth: Indian Ocean
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