Umbeluzi River (Eswatini and Mozambique)

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Name (Latin)
Umbeluzi River (Eswatini and Mozambique)
Other forms of name
Rio Umbeluzi (Swaziland and Mozambique)
Umbelosi (Swaziland and Mozambique)
Umbuluzi River (Swaziland and Mozambique)
Coordinates
32.48333333 32.48333333 -25.98333333 -25.98333333 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers Mozambique
Rivers Swaziland
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q890723
Library of congress: sh 85139519
Wikipedia description:

The Mbuluzi River (also known as the iMbuluzi or Umbeluzi) is one of the main rivers of Eswatini, and an important river in Mozambique. On the boundary of these countries, the Mbuluzi cuts through the Lebombo Range, before entering the Mozambican plain. It empties into the Estuário do Espírito Santo and then Maputo Bay at Maputo, and its waters pass under the Maputo–Katembe bridge, completed in 2018. The river has two sources, one in the highveld north of Mbabane, which is known as the Black Mbuluzi, and a second in the middleveld near Manzini, which is known as the White Mbuluzi, or imBuluzane. The river passes through the northeastern lowveld of Eswatini, specifically traversing Hlane Royal National Park and Shewula Nature Reserve. In Eswatini, in the vicinity of the sugar plantations of Mhlume, the river is impounded by the Mnjoli Dam. In Mozambique it is known as the Umbeluzi, and is impounded there by the Pequenos Libombos Dam. The river is augmented by various tributaries before its waters enter Maputo Bay. Two other major rivers empty into Maputo Bay, namely the Komati or Incomati River from the north, and the Great Usutu or Maputo River from the south.

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