The Tyhume River is a river in

Amathole District Municipality Amathole is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Amathole is East London. Over 90% of its 892,637 people speak Xhosa (2011 Census). The district code is DC12. "Amathole" means calves, the name of the mounta ...

in the central part of the

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province of

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. It springs in the forested mountains of Hogsback, part of the

Amatola Mountains Amatola, Amatole or Amathole are a range of densely forested mountains, situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The word ''Amathole'' means ‘calves’ in Xhosa, and Amathole District Municipality, which lies to the south, is named ...

, and runs down the Tyhume River Valley and through the eastern verge of the small town of

Alice, Eastern Cape Alice is a small town in Eastern Cape, South Africa that is named after Princess Alice, the daughter of the British Queen Victoria. It was settled in 1824 by British colonists it's adjacent to the Tyhume River. It has rail and road connection ...

, bordering most of the

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grounds. Almost in the centre of the valley, it is being dammed by the

Binfield Park Dam Binfield Park Dam is a dam on the Tyhume River, near Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1986, and commissioned in 1987. The villagers underused the Binfield Park Dam and vicinity areas located nearby – no fishing, aquacul ...

at ,

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a major water storage reservoir for the rural settlements and farms in the area, as well as

Middledrift Ixesi (also Middeldrift or Middledrift) is a small town located north-west of East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality in Amathole District in an area that was formerly part of the ...

town lower down, all in the

Nkonkobe Local Municipality Nkonkobe Local Municipality was an administrative area in the Amatole District of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The municipality is named after the Winterberg mountain range, ''Nkonkobe'' in isiXhosa. The seat, as well as most offices, of ...

area. After the dam, the river flows down south, then east and south-east to later join the

Keiskamma River The Keiskamma River ( af, Keiskammarivier) is a river in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. The river flows into the Indian Ocean in the Keiskamma Estuary, located by Hamburg Nature Reserve, near Hamburg, midway between East London and Po ...

on its way to the

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near

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References

* T. V. Bulpin: ''Illustrated guide to southern Africa''. Reader's Digest Ass. South Africa, Cape Town 1985, * Robert H.W. Shepherd: ''Lovedale South Africa. The Story of a Century 1841-1941''. Lovedale #The Lovedale Press# 1940 * ''Geological map of South Africa'' 1:250.000, Sheet 3226 King William's Town * ''3226 King William's Town'', 1:250.000, topo-cadastral, Mowbray #Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping# 1985 * ''3226 DD Alice'', topographic map 1:50 000, Mowbray #Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping# 2002 * ''3226 DB Seymour'', topographic map 1:50 000, Mowbray #Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping# 2002 Rivers of the Eastern Cape {{SouthAfrica-river-stub

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