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Tsitsikamma River

Coordinates: 34°03′35″S 22°14′33″E / 34.05972°S 22.24250°E / -34.05972; 22.24250
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Tsitsikamma River
Tsitsikamma River is located in South Africa
Tsitsikamma River
Location of the Tsitsikamma River's mouth
EtymologyFrom the Khoekhoe language tse-tsesa, meaning clear, and gami, meaning water, probably referring to the clear water of the Tsitsikamma River.[1] Other meanings are 'place of much water' and 'waters begin'.[2]
Location
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTsitsikamma Mountains
 • elevation600 m (2,000 ft)
MouthIndian Ocean
 • location
Huisklip Beach
 • coordinates
34°03′35″S 22°14′33″E / 34.05972°S 22.24250°E / -34.05972; 22.24250
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)

The Tsitsikamma River (Afrikaans: Tsitsikammarivier) is a small river at the western end of the Eastern Cape coast, South Africa. It is part of the Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area.[3]

Course

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It is a small permanent river that has its sources in the Tsitsikamma Mountains. Initially it flows southwards, then it flows southeastwards, parallel to the coast for most of its course, bending southwestwards only 3 km from its mouth in Huisklip Beach.[4]

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