Umgeni River

The Mngeni slightly below the Howick Falls

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The Mngeni (also: Umngeni or uMngeni, sometimes without the first " n" ) is a river in the South African province of KwaZulu -Natal.

He entspring in the Midlands and flows five kilometers north of the city of Durban in the Indian Ocean. The Zuluname means " place of the acacia ", but there are other derivations of the name.

The Mngeni is about 232 kilometers long and has a catchment area of ​​4432 square kilometers. The annual runoff is 707 million cubic meters. Along the river there are four reservoirs: the Midmar Dam, Albert Falls Dam, the Nagle Dam and the Inanda Dam.

History

It is believed that Vasco da Gama freshened its water resources on Christmas Day in 1498 at the mouth of Mngeni and the area of ​​Natal named after the Portuguese term for "Christmas". The river was then called River of Natal. 330 years later the flow of Nathaniel Isaacs was crossed when he tried to visit the Zulu king Shaka.

Msunduzi - Creek

An important tributary is the Msunduzi River, which flows into the Mngeni between the Nagle Dam and the Dam Indanda. Previously, the Msunduzi ( also briefly Dusi ) flows through Pietermaritzburg, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal.

Each year in January, takes place on the Msunduzi the Dusi Canoe Marathon, a (river ) down race between the capital and Durban, which attracts thousands annually canoeists during the three-day event.

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