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Black Umfolozi River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Black Umfolozi River (Zulu: Imfolozi emnyama) is one of the two main tributaries to the Umfolozi River in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. It forms part of the Upper Umfolozi (Zulu: Enhla neMfolozi) – the Lower Umfolozi being the area downstream of its confluence with the White Umfolozi. It main source is in KwaMnyathi area in Vryheid and flows through most areas in Zululand till it confluence with White Umfolozi near Hlabisa

Flows through: South Africa.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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