Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal)

The Buffalo River (Zulu: uMzinyathi; Afrikaans: Buffelsrivier) is the largest tributary of the Tugela River in South Africa. Its source is in Majuba Hill, "Hill of Doves" in Zulu language, located northeast of Volksrust, close to the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu-Natal border. It follows a southerly route into KwaZulu-Natal past Newcastle then turns southeast past Rorke's Drift, before joining the Tugela River[1] at Ngubevu near Nkandla. During the nineteenth century it formed part of the boundary between the Colony of Natal and Zululand.

This article is about the river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. For other rivers, see Buffalo River.
Buffalo River
Buffalo River at Rorke's Drift
Location of the Buffalo River's mouth
Native nameMzinyathi
Location
CountrySouth Africa
StateKwaZulu-Natal
Physical characteristics
SourceNear Majuba Hill
 • locationDrakensberg
Mouth 
 • location
Tugela River
 • coordinates
28°42′59″S 30°38′30″E
 • elevation
465 metres (1,526 ft)

The Buffalo River has a number of tributaries, including the Ingagane from the SW and the Blood River from the NE, which it joins near Kandi Mountain.[2] Rorke's Drift is a ford across the Buffalo River which is one of the famous places of the 1878-79 Anglo-Zulu War and Isandhlwana is another important place of that war located about 20 km SE of the river, not far from the confluence with the Tugela.[3]

Tributaries
  • Batshe
  • Bzangoma
  • Blood River
  • Cold Stream
  • Doringspruit
  • Dorpspruit
  • Kweekspruit
  • Mangeni River
  • Imbabane River
  • Mngeni River
  • Mbizana River (Buffalo)
  • Ndweni
  • Ingagane
  • Sandspruit
  • Sibindi
  • Slang River
  • Teku River
  • Wasbankspruit
  • Womeni

See also

References
  1. Thukela WMA 7
  2. The Geology of Vryheid
  3. "Tugela". Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
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