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Umzimkulu River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Mzimkulu River is a river in South Africa. In the past, the Mzimkulu formed part of the border between Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. Presently this river is part of the Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area. In late February of every year, the river is host to one of South Africa's most popular canoe races, the Drak Challenge.

Flows through: South Africa.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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