Olifants River
The Olifants River, Lepelle, iBhalule or Obalule is a river in South Africa and Mozambique, a tributary of the Limpopo River. It falls into the Drainage Area B of the Drainage basins of South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Africa
- Also known as: “Elephants River”, “iBhalule”, “Lepelle”, “Obalule”, “Olifantsrivier”, “Rio dos Elefantes”, and “Rio dos Elephantes”
Olifants River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Olifants River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Olifantsrivier, Limpopo”
- Afrikaans: “Olifantsrivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Olifants”
- Belarusian: “Мпумаланга”
- Belarusian: “Рака Уліфантс”
- Belarusian: “Уліфантс”
- Bulgarian: “Олифантс”
- Cebuano: “Olifantsrivier”
- Chinese: “奥利芬茨河”
- Chinese: “奧利凡茲河”
- Chinese: “奧勒芬茲河”
- Chinese: “象河”
- Dutch: “Olifantsrivier (Limpopo)”
- Dutch: “Olifantsrivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اوليفانتس”
- French: “Olifants”
- German: “Lepelle”
- Irish: “Abhainn Olifants”
- Italian: “Olifants River”
- Japanese: “オリファンツ川”
- Lithuanian: “Olifantsas”
- Pedi: “Noka ya Lepelle”
- Polish: “Olifants”
- Portuguese: “Rio dos Elefantes”
- Russian: “Олифантс”
- Russian: “Улифантс”
- Russian: “Элефантес”
- Slovenian: “Lepelle”
- Slovenian: “Olifants”
- South Ndebele: “Umlambo i-Olifants”
- Spanish: “río Olifants”
- Spanish: “Río Olifants”
- Swahili: “Mto Olifants (Limpopo)”
- Swahili: “Mto Olifants”
- Swedish: “Olifants river, Limpopo”
- Ukrainian: “Мпумаланга”
- Welsh: “Afon Olifants”
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