Mhlathuze River
The Mhlathuze River is a river in South Africa. Located in KwaZulu-Natal, its catchment area has a surface area of 4,209 km2. It rises in the west in the Babanango hills at an altitude of 1,519 m and flows over 100 km eastwards to the sea forming an estuary.- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
- Description: river in South Africa
- Also known as“Mhlatuze River”“Mhlatuzi River”“Umhlatuzi”“Umhlatuzi River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richards Bay.
Mhlathuze River
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Latitude
-28.8172° or 28° 49′ 2″ south
Longitude
32.0266° or 32° 1′ 36″ east
Open location code
5G3J52MG+4J
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Mhlathuze River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Mhlatuzerivier”
- Afrikaans: “Mhlatuzi”
- Afrikaans: “uMhlatuze”
- Cebuano: “Mhlatuze (suba sa Habagatang Aprika)”
- Cebuano: “Mhlatuze”
- Chinese: “姆拉圖澤”
- Dutch: “Mhlatuzerivier”
- French: “Mhlatuze”
- Fulah: “Maayo Mhlatuze”
- Hausa: “Kogin Mhlathuze”
- Irish: “Abhainn Mhlatuze”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mhlatuze”
- Somali: “Webiga Mhlathuze”
- Spanish: “Mhlathuze”
- Welsh: “Afon Mhlatuze”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Empembeni and Alton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Richards Bay Game Reserve and Mhlatuze Lagoon.
KwaZulu-Natal: Highlights
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