词条 | Ngwavuma River |
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| name = Ngwavuma River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = Inguavuma, Ingwavuma or Nggwavuma | name_etymology = From the Zulu name for Elaeodendron transvaalense, a tree whose bark is a fever remedy; possibly also 'the growling one' referring to the sound the river makes when passing through a ravine.[1] | image = Border Cave01.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = View from Border Cave over Ingwavuma River | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = South Africa | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Ngwavuma River mouth | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Eswatini, South Africa | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = | source1 = | source1_location = SW Eswatini | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Phongolo River | mouth_location = Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|26|57|42|S|32|17|39|E|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|34|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The Ngwavuma[2] is a river in Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal Province in southern Africa. It is also known as the Inguavuma, Ingwavuma, Ingwovuma, and Nggwavuma, and is one of the five major rivers in Eswatini.[3] It arises in southwestern Eswatini and flows eastward. It is a tributary of the Pongola River.[4] The principal towns in Eswatini along the Ngwavuma are Nhlangano and Nsoko.[3] Notes1. ^[https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames_djvu.txt Dictionary of Southern African Place Names] 2. ^{{GEOnet2|32FA883194893774E0440003BA962ED3|Ngwavuma (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 3. ^1 {{Cite book|editor-last=Ünver |editor-first=Olcay |year=2009 |chapter=Swaziland |title=The United Nations World Water Development Report 3: Facing the Challenges |location=London |publisher=Earthscan for World Water Assessment Programme, UNESCO |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=SMLu48EuMA0C&pg=RA1-PA9 9] |isbn=978-1-84407-840-0}} 4. ^Usuthu/Mhlatuze WMA 6 External links
2 : Rivers of South Africa|Rivers of KwaZulu-Natal |
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