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White Umfolozi River
White Umfolozi River is located in South Africa
White Umfolozi River
Native nameImfolozi emhlope (Zulu)
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
 • coordinates
28°20′58″S 31°58′51″E / 28.34944°S 31.98083°E / -28.34944; 31.98083
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftNhlungwane River
 • rightMkumbane River
Mpembeni River

The White Umfolozi River originates just west of Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and has a confluence with the Black Umfolozi River at 28°20′58″S 31°58′46″E / 28.34944°S 31.97944°E / -28.34944; 31.97944 to form the Umfolozi River, which flows eastward towards the Indian Ocean.[1]

  1. ^ Morris, Donald R (2017). The Washing Of The Spears : The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation Under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879. London: Vintage Digital. p. 553. ISBN 978-1-4464-2608-1.

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