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This article is about the river in South Africa. For the battle, see Battle of Blood River. For the film, see Blood River (film).

Template:Geobox Blood River (Template:Lang-af; Template:Lang-zu) is situated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This river has its sources in the hills SE of Utrecht; leaving the highlands it is joined by two important tributaries that originate in the Schurveberg, after which it flows meandering through a sandy plain.[1] The Blood River is a tributary of the Buffalo River, itself a tributary of the Tugela River which it joins from the north-east.[2]

This river is so named after the Battle of Blood River in which Zulu king Dingaan was defeated by Andries Pretorius' troops in 1838.[3]

The Blood River Vlei, located about 20 km to the south-west of Vryheid, is one of the biggest inland wetlands in South Africa, and the wintering place of migratory birds such as ducks and geese.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Geology of Vryheid
  2. ^ Thukela WMA 7
  3. ^ Tugela - 1911 Encyclopedia
  4. ^ KZN North - Working for Wetlands
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