Mhlathuze River
The 883rd longest river in the world
The Mhlathuze River (Afrikaans: Mhlathuzerivier) is a river in South Africa. Located in KwaZulu-Natal, its catchment area has a surface area of 4,209 km2. It rises in the west in the Babanango hills at an altitude of 1,519 m and flows over 100 km eastwards to the sea forming an estuary. The deep-sea port of Richards Bay is situated at the mouth of the Mhlathuze River and all industrial development is focused within the Empangeni / Richards Bay complex.
Flows through: South Africa.
River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.