The Umfolozi River is a river in KwaZulu-Natal, a province of South Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Black and White Umfolozi Rivers near the southeastern boundary of the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve. The isiZulu name imFolozi is generally considered to describe the zigzag course followed by both tributaries, though other explanations have been given.
Satellite image of the Umfolozi and Hluhluwe River rivers converging at the St. Lucia estuary in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in northern KwaZulu-Natal
The Mfolozi Rivers are seen converging on the iSimangaliso Wetland Park
The old and new courses near the mouth, with the Msunduzi converging from the left (i.e. south), enclosing a wetland. Also note the silt plume at sea.
KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu and Natal Province.
A view of the Mngeni River valley near Howick Falls
Upland savannah near Pietermaritzburg
Mangrove forest at the Umgeni River estuary in Durban
A beach on the North Coast