Nzhelele River
Template:Geobox The Nzhelele River is a major watercourse in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The river's catchment area comprises 2,436 square kilometers.[1]
Course
This river collects much of the drainage of the northern slopes of the extensive rock formation of the Soutpansberg. Leaving the mountainous area, it meanders in a northeastward direction across the Lowveld, a wide plain that contains considerable biodiversity, including numerous large mammals such as giraffes, white rhinos and blue wildebeests.[2] It joins the right bank of the Limpopo River 33 km east of Musina.[3]
The Mutamba River, its main tributary, rises in the Buelgum Poort farm of the Soutpansberg, further west from the sources of the Nzhelele.[4] Other tributaries are the Tshiruru River, Mugungudi River, Mutshedzi River and the Wyllie River.[5]
Dams in the basin
- Nzhelele Dam
- Mutshedzi Dam, in the Mutshedzi River
