The Buffalo River (; ) is the largest tributary of the

Tugela River The Tugela River (; ) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. With a total length of , and a drop of 1370 metres in the lower 480 km, it is one of the most important rivers of the country. The river originates in M ...

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. With a total length of , its source is in Majuba Hill, "Hill of Doves" in the

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, located northeast of Volksrust, close to the

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border. It follows a southerly route into KwaZulu-Natal past Newcastle then turns southeast past Rorke's Drift, before joining the

at Ngubevu near Nkandla. During the nineteenth century it formed part of the boundary between the

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and Zululand. The Buffalo River has a number of tributaries, including the Ingagane from the SW and the Blood River from the NE, which it joins near Kandi Mountain.The Geology of Vryheid
/ref> Rorke's Drift is a ford across the Buffalo River which is one of the famous places of the 1878–79

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and Isandhlwana is another important place of that war located about 20 km SE of the river, not far from the confluence with the Tugela.

Tributaries

* Batshe * Bzangoma * Blood River * Cold Stream * Doringspruit * Dorpspruit * Kweekspruit * Mangeni River * Imbabane River * Mngeni River * Mbizana River (Buffalo) * Ndweni * Ingagane * Sandspruit * Sibindi * Slang River * Teku River * Wasbankspruit * Womeni

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White Water Rafting in South Africa
Tugela River Rivers of KwaZulu-Natal {{SouthAfrica-river-stub

Tributaries

See also

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