Tyhume River
The Tyhume River is a river in Amathole District Municipality in the central part of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It springs in the forested mountains of Hogsback, part of the Amatola Mountains, and runs down the Tyhume River Valley and through the eastern verge of the small town of Alice, Eastern Cape, bordering most of the Fort Hare University grounds.Photo: Lysippos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Africa
- Also known as: “Tyumie” and “Tyumie River”
Tyhume River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Tyhume River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tyhumerivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tyhume”
- Bengali: “তিঁহুম নদী”
- Cebuano: “Tyume”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تيوم”
- German: “Tyhume River”
- Hindi: “टाइह्यूम नदी”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tyhume”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tyhume”
- Welsh: “Afon Tyhume”
- Xhosa: “UMlambo iTyhume”
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