Letaba River
| Letaba River (Leţaba or Lehlaba) | |
| River | |
 View of the Letaba River | |
| Name origin: Meaning "sandy river" in Northern Sotho language[1] | |
| Country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Region | Limpopo Province |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Nharhweni River, Ngwenyeni River, Klein Letaba River, Molototsi River, Nsama River |
| - right | Groot Letaba River, Nwanedzi River, Makhadzi River |
| Secondary source | |
| - location | Soutpansberg |
| Source confluence | |
| - coordinates | 23°38′55″S 31°8′42″E / 23.64861°S 31.14500°E |
| Mouth | Olifants River |
| - location | Limpopo Province |
| - coordinates | 23°59′22″S 31°49′36″E / 23.98944°S 31.82667°ECoordinates: 23°59′22″S 31°49′36″E / 23.98944°S 31.82667°E |
  Location of the Letaba River's mouth
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The Letaba River (Afrikaans: Letabarivier), also known as Leţaba or Lehlaba, is a river located in eastern Limpopo Province, South Africa. It is one of the most important tributaries of the Olifants River.[2]
Course
It starts at the confluence of the Groot Letaba River and Klein Letaba River, whence they continue their journey eastwards through the Lowveld as the Letaba River. It joins the Olifants River in the foothills of the Lebombo Mountains, near South Africa's border with Mozambique. In Mozambique the latter river is called the Rio Elefantes.
Tributaries include the Middle Letaba River, Nharhweni River, Ngwenyeni River, Nwanedzi River, Molototsi River, Nsama River and Makhadzi River.
Dams in the basin
- Ebenezer Dam
- Tzaneen Dam
- Modjaji Dam, in the Molototsi River
- Hudson Ntsanwisi Dam, in the Nsama River
- Middle Letaba Dam, in the Middle Letaba River
- Engelhard Dam
See also
References
- ↑ Jenkins, Elwyn (2007), Falling into place: the story of modern South African place names, David Philip Publishers, p. 75
- ↑ Key rivers of South Africa