Tugela River
The Tugela River is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. With a total length of 560 km, and a drop of 1 370 metres in the lower 480 km, it is one of the most important rivers of the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Africa
- Also known as: “uThukela”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zinkwazi Beach and Tugela.
Zinkwazi Beach
Suburb
Zinkwazi Beach is a small town on the North Coast of the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. It is well known for its lagoon, which is an estuary of the Zinkwazi River. Zinkwazi Beach is situated 8 km southwest of Tugela River.
Tugela
Village
Tugela is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Tugela is situated 9 km northwest of Tugela River.
Tugela River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Tugela River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Tugela River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tugelarivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Tugela”
- Basque: “Tugela ibaia”
- Belarusian: “Тугела”
- Bulgarian: “Тугела”
- Burmese: “တုဂီလာမြစ်”
- Catalan: “Riu Tugela”
- Cebuano: “Tugela River”
- Chinese: “图盖拉河”
- Chinese: “圖蓋拉河”
- Croatian: “Tugela”
- Czech: “Tugela”
- Dutch: “Tugela”
- Dutch: “Tugelarivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر توجيلا”
- Estonian: “Tugela jõgi”
- Finnish: “Thukela”
- Finnish: “Tugela-joki”
- Finnish: “Tugela”
- French: “Rivière Tugela”
- French: “Tugela”
- German: “Thukela River”
- German: “Thukela”
- German: “Tugela”
- German: “UThukela River”
- Greek: “Ποταμός Τουγκέλα”
- Greek: “Τουγκέλα”
- Greek: “Τουκέλα”
- Hebrew: “נהר טוגלה”
- Hindi: “तुगेला नदी”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Tugela”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tugela”
- Italian: “Tugela”
- Japanese: “ツゲラ川”
- Japanese: “トゥゲラ川”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umugezi wa Tugela”
- Kirghiz: “Тугела”
- Lithuanian: “Tugela”
- Malayalam: “ടുഗേല നദി”
- Malayalam: “തുഗെല നദി”
- Mingrelian: “ტუგელა (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “ტუგელა”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tugela”
- Norwegian: “Tugela”
- Persian: “رود توگلا”
- Polish: “Tugela”
- Portuguese: “Rio Tugela”
- Russian: “Тугела”
- Serbian: “Tugela”
- Serbian: “Река Тугела”
- Serbian: “Река Тукела”
- Serbian: “Тугела”
- Serbian: “Тукела”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tugela”
- South Azerbaijani: “توقلا چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Tugela”
- Spanish: “Río Tugela”
- Swahili: “Mto Tugela”
- Swati: “Umfula iTugela”
- Swedish: “Tugela River”
- Swedish: “Tugela”
- Swedish: “Tugelafloden”
- Turkish: “Tugela Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Тугела”
- Ukrainian: “Туґела”
- Venetian: “Fiume Tugela”
- Welsh: “Afon Tugela”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tugela Mouth and Mangeti.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tugela Beach and Red Hill.
KwaZulu-Natal: Must-Visit Destinations
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