Mokolo River
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The Mokolo River is a major watercourse in limpopo Province of South Africa; this river's catchment area comprises 8387 square kilometers. [1] this river collects much of the drainage of the Waterberg Massif and discharges to the Limpopo River. It threads through the Waterberg Massif, which is a biosphere that contains considerable biodiversity, including numerous large mammals (e.g. Giraffe, White Rhino, Blue Wildebeest). Waterberg is the first region in the northern part of South Africa to be named as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The extensive rock formation was shaped by hundreds of millions of years of riverine erosion to yield diverse bluff and butte landform[2].
Approxomately 87 percent of the river's water beneficial uses are for agriculture. Some wetlands rehabilitation in the upper Mokolo has been carried out, and that effort has been deemed a success.[3]
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