The Ngwavuma is a river in
Eswatini
Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...
and
KwaZulu-Natal Province
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locat ...
in southern Africa. It is also known as the Inguavuma, Ingwavuma, Ingwovuma, and Nggwavuma, and is one of the five major rivers in Eswatini.
It arises in southwestern Eswatini and flows eastward. It is a tributary of the
Pongola River
The Phongolo River is a river in South Africa. It is a tributary of the Maputo River. It rises near Utrecht in northern KwaZulu-Natal, flows east through Pongolo, is dammed at Pongolapoort, and crosses the Ubombo Mountains; then it flows north ...
.
Usuthu/Mhlatuze WMA 6
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The principal towns in Eswatini along the Ngwavuma are Nhlangano
Meeting place
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and Nsoko.
Notes
External links
Ngwavuma River, Swaziland - Satellite View
centered on the mouth of the river in KwaZulu-Natal from satelliteviews.net
Rivers of KwaZulu-Natal
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