Swartkops River

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Swartkops River, also Zwartskop River, (Afrikaans: black hills) is a watercourse in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. [1] The source of the Swartkops is near Cockscombe Mountain, [2] and it flows east into the Algoa Bay of the Indian Ocean in Bluewater Bay, just outside Gqeberha. [1] Its two main tributaries are the northern Kwa-Zunga River and the southern Elands River. [1] The river is also fed by Motherwell Canal, Markman Canal, and Chatty River, which are also sources of water pollution. [2] The river's Groendal Dam was constructed in 1933. The Swartzkops watershed lies with the Uitenhage Artesian Basin. [1] The river suffers from sewage pollution, litter, and algae blooms. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Maclear, Limont Gordon Alexander (March 1996). The Geohydrology of the Swartkops River Basin - Uitenhage Region, Eastern Cape (PDF) (Master of Science thesis). University of Cape Town.
  2. 1 2 "Protecting Our Estuary". Zwartkops Conservancy. 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  3. "Behind the Herald Headlines with Daron Mann: Swartkops Estuary pollution reaches crisis level". The Herald (South Africa) . 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2022-12-17.