Blyde River

Motlatse River
Blyde River
Motlatse River passing through a sandstone gorge below the Treur confluence
Blyde River is located in South Africa
Blyde River
Location of the Blyde-Olifants confluence
Location
CountrySouth Africa
StateMpumalanga & Limpopo
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHartebeesvlakte
 • elevation2,000 m (6,600 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Olifants River, South Africa
 • coordinates
24°15′17″S 30°49′47″E / 24.25472°S 30.82972°E / -24.25472; 30.82972
Basin size2,842 km2 (1,097 sq mi)

The Motlatse River[1] ("Permanent River"), Blyde River (Afrikaans: Blyderivier "Glad River"), or Umdhlazi River[2] is a river in the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa. It has a northwards course in steep-sided valleys and ravines of the Mpumalanga Drakensberg, before it enters the lowveld region of the Limpopo province. It has its ultimate origins at around 2,000 m altitude in the Hartebeesvlakte conservation area, to the north of Long Tom Pass. It runs through the Blyde River Canyon.

  1. ^ Olifants River now called Lepelle
  2. ^ Bulpin, T.V. (2012). Lost Trails of the Lowveld. Pretoria: Protea. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-86919-555-7.