Tsitsikamma River

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Tsitsikamma River
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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
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Tsitsikamma Mountains
  elevation600 m (2,000 ft)
Mouth Indian Ocean
  location
Huisklip Beach
  coordinates
34°03′35″S22°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]

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Course

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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