The
Mkomazi estuary (30° 12’ S; 30° 48’E) lies south of the city of
1978 (Ref.1): Width:
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Maximum: 200 m
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Mouth: 45 m (at normal flow periods)
- Floodplain: 300 m to 500 m
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MKOMAZI ESTUARY: General information and location |
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"Derived
from the word uMkhamazi, the name given relates to the sighting of a
whale in the estuary at some time in the past. Stayt gives the meaning
of the word to be either “the river of the cow whales” or “the
great whale river”. Robertson suggests that the estuary was so named
because it was here that “the Bantu saw whale cows suckling their
young”. If this is true, such sightings are indicative of the sort
of condition the estuary must have once have been in."
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By
road, the Mkomazi estuary is 49 km south west of |
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The
Mkomazi estuary (30° 12’ S; 30° 48’E) lies south of the city of |
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Location (co-ordinates) | ||||||
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30°12'S; 30°49'E | ||||||
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Map of the Mkomazi Estuary | |||||
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Dimensions | ||||||
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