Buffalo River
The Buffalo River is the largest tributary of the Tugela River in South Africa. With a total length of 426 km, its source is in Majuba Hill, "Hill of Doves" in the Zulu language, located northeast of Volksrust, close to the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu-Natal border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Buffalo River
- Type: Stream
- Description: tributary of the Thukela River in South Africa
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Buffalo River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Buffelsrivier (KwaZulu-Natal)”
- Afrikaans: “Buffelsrivier”
- Afrikaans: “Mzinyathi”
- Asturian: “Ríu Buffalo”
- Catalan: “riu Buffalo”
- Catalan: “Riu Buffalo”
- Cebuano: “Buffelsrivier”
- Chinese: “布法罗河”
- Chinese: “布法羅河”
- Chinese: “水牛河”
- Dutch: “Buffelsrivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر بوفالو”
- French: “Buffalo”
- French: “rivière Buffalo”
- German: “Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal)”
- German: “Buffalo River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Buffalo (KwaZulu-Natal)”
- Hausa: “Kogin Buffalo”
- Irish: “Abhainn Buffalo”
- Italian: “Buffalo (KwaZulu-Natal)”
- Italian: “Buffalo”
- Persian: “رود بوفالو”
- Portuguese: “Rio Buffalo (KwaZulu-Natal)”
- Portuguese: “Rio Buffalo”
- Welsh: “Afon Buffalo”
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