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.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in South Africa (Mpumalanga and Limpopo) and Mozambique (Gaza)
- Also known as: “Elephants River”, “iBhalule”, “Obalule”, “Olifants River (Limpopo)”, “Rio dos Elephantes”, “Элефантес”, “奥利芬茨河”, “奧利凡茲河”, and “奧勒芬茲河”
Olifants River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-24.11222° or 24° 6′ 44″ south
Longitude
32.63889° or 32° 38′ 20″ east
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
5G7JVJQQ+4H
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In Other Languages
From Abron to Welsh—“Olifants River” goes by many names.
- Abron: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Afrikaans: “Olifantsrivier, Limpopo”
- Afrikaans: “Olifantsrivier”
- Asturian: “Ríu Olifants”
- Belarusian: “Мпумаланга”
- Belarusian: “Уліфантс”
- Bulgarian: “Олифантс”
- Cebuano: “Olifantsrivier”
- Chinese: “象河”
- Dagbani: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Dutch: “Olifantsrivier (Limpopo)”
- Dutch: “Olifantsrivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر اوليفانتس”
- Ewe: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Fanti: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Farefare: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- French: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- French: “Olifants”
- Fulah: “Maayo Olifant”
- Ga: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- German: “Lepelle”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Olifants River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Olifants”
- Irish: “Abhainn Olifants”
- Italian: “Olifants River”
- Japanese: “オリファンツ川”
- Kusaal: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Lithuanian: “Olifantsas”
- Mossi: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Pedi: “Noka ya Lepelle”
- Polish: “Olifants”
- Portuguese: “Rio dos Elefantes”
- Russian: “Улифантс”
- Slovenian: “Lepelle”
- Somali: “Webiga Olifants”
- South Ndebele: “Umlambo i-Olifants”
- Southern Dagaare: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Spanish: “río Olifants”
- Spanish: “Río Olifants”
- Swahili: “Mto Olifants (Limpopo)”
- Swahili: “Mto Olifants”
- Swedish: “Olifants river, Limpopo”
- Twi: “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Ukrainian: “Мпумаланга”
- Wali (Ghana): “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
- Welsh: “Afon Olifants”
- “Olifants River (Limpopo)”
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Places to explore: Estivane and Balule.
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