page_title: Tugela River
hierarchical_section_title: Tugela River
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Gesig op die Drakensbergamfiteater vanaf die Tugelarivier se boloop, KwaZulu-Natal, Suid-Afrika English: View of the Drakensberg amphitheatre as from the upper Tugela River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
context_page_description: The Tugela River is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It is one of the most important rivers of the country.
  The river originates in Mont-aux-Sources of the Drakensberg Mountains and plunges 947 metres down the Tugela Falls. The Mont-aux-Sources is also the origin of tributaries of two other major South African rivers, the Orange and the Vaal. From the Drakensberg range, the Tugela follows a 502 kilometres route through the KwaZulu-Natal midlands before flowing into the Indian Ocean. The total catchment area is approximately 29,100 square kilometres. Land uses in the catchment are mainly rural subsistence farming and commercial forestry.
context_section_description: The Tugela River (Zulu: Thukela; Afrikaans: Tugelarivier)  is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It is one of the most important rivers of the country.
  The river originates in Mont-aux-Sources of the Drakensberg Mountains and plunges 947 metres down the Tugela Falls. The Mont-aux-Sources is also the origin of tributaries of two other major South African rivers, the Orange and the Vaal. From the Drakensberg range, the Tugela follows a 502 kilometres (312 mi) route through the KwaZulu-Natal midlands before flowing into the Indian Ocean.  The total catchment area is approximately 29,100 square kilometres (11,200 sq mi).  Land uses in the catchment are mainly rural subsistence farming and commercial forestry.
caption: The Tugela River with the Amphitheatre in the background
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