Blood River
Blood/Ncome River is situated between Nquthu and Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This river has its sources in the hills south-east of Utrecht; leaving the highlands it is joined by two important tributaries that originate in the Schurveberg, after which it flows meandering through a sandy plain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Africa
- Also known as: “Bloed”, “Blood”, and “Blood River (South Africa)”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nquthu.
Nquthu
Hamlet
Nquthu is a town in Umzinyathi District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The village is 24 km west-south-west of Barklieside and 53 km east of Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal. Nquthu is situated 6 km east of Blood River.
Blood River
- 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 Zulu—“Blood River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bloedrivier (Buffels)”
- Afrikaans: “Bloedrivier”
- Catalan: “Riu Blood”
- Cebuano: “Bloedrivier (suba sa Habagatang Aprika, Province of KwaZulu-Natal)”
- Cebuano: “Bloedrivier”
- Chinese: “血河”
- Dutch: “Bloedrivier”
- Dutch: “Blood River”
- French: “Blood River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Jini”
- Irish: “Abhainn Blood”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blood River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Blood”
- Swahili: “Mto Blood”
- Swedish: “Blood River”
- Uzbek: “Qon daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Blood”
- Zulu: “UMFULA INCOME”
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