Tugela River
| Mouth of the watercourse | Indian Ocean  |
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| Tributary | Buffalo River, Mooi River, Bushman's River, Bloukrans River |
| Country | South Africa |
| Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Coordinate location | 28°45′0″S 28°53′45″E, 28°45′54″S 28°52′33″E, 29°13′26″S 31°30′0″E |
De Tugela River (Zulu: Thukela; Afrikaans: Tugelarivier) be de largest river insyd KwaZulu, South Africa. Plus a total length of 560 km (350 mi), den a drop of 1370 metres insyd de lower 480 km, e be one of de most important rivers of de country.
De river dey originate insyd Mont-aux-Sources of two oda major South African rivers, de Orange den de Caledon River. From de Drakensberg range, de Tugela dey follow a 560 km (350 mi) route thru de KwaZulu-Natal midlands before e dey flow into de Indian Ocean.[1] De total catchment area approximately be 29,100 km2 (11,200 mi2). Land uses insyd de catchment mainly be rural subsistence farming den commercial forestry.
Tributaries
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De Tugela be fed by a number of tributaries wey dey cam off de Drakensberg, de largest be de Mzinyathi ("Buffalo") River (wey dey rise near Majuba Hill). Odas be de Little Tugela River, Klip River (wey dey rise near Van Reenen Pass), Mooi River, Blood River, Sundays River (wey dey rise insyd de Biggarsberg) Ingagani River den Bushman River. De Buffalo River dey join de Tugela sam 19 km (12 mi) east of Tugela Ferry at 28°43′04″S 30°38′41″E / 28.71778°S 30.64472°E / -28.71778; 30.64472.
Ecology
[edit | edit source]De scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis) be found insyd de Tugela River System. E be a common endemic fish insyd KwaZulu-Natal Province wey e be found insyd different habitats between de Drakensberg foothills den de coastal lowlands, wey dey include rivers such as de Umkomazi.
Spelling
[edit | edit source]De spelling Tugela be used give most of de twentieth century; e be an Anglicised version of de Zulu name Thukela. Nineteenth-century writers adopt a variety of spellings wey dey include:
- Isaacs (1836) use a number of different spellings insyd ein book, Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa,[2] wey dey include Ootergale den Ootoogale.
- C.R. Maclean (John Ross), writing insyd de Nautical Magazine insyd 1853, use de spelling Zootagoola[3]
- George French Angas, a nineteenth-century artist, use de name Tugala on de captions to ein sketches.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Proposal to establishment a Catchment Management Agency for the Thukela Water Management Area - Appendix A" (PDF). Department of Water Affairs and Forestry. July 2004. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Nathaniel Isaacs (1836). Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa - Vol I. Edward Churton. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
- ↑ C.R. Maclean (February 1853). "Loss of the Brig Mary at Natal with Early Recollections of that Settlement - Two". The Nautical Magazine. pp. 74–80. Reproduced in Stephen Gray, ed. (1992). The Natal Papers of John Ross. Killie Campbell Africana Library. ISBN 978-0-869-80851-1.
- ↑ "Making outchoualla or native beer, at Gudu's kraal, Tugala River, Zulu country", a sketch by G F Angas; National Library of Australia.
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