Tsomo River

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Tsomo River
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Location
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
Physical characteristics
Mouth Groot-Kei River
 • coordinates
 32°22′0″S27°49′0″E / 32.36667°S 27.81667°E / -32.36667; 27.81667
 • elevation
955 m (3,133 ft)

The Tsomo River is a river in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is a tributary of the Great Kei River.

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The river has been impacted by pollution from an unfinished waste water treatment project [1] [2] that has been left abandoned and vandalised. [3]

Researchers have found instances of drug resistant bacteria in Tsomo river water. [4]

Dams on the Tsomo River

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sgqolana, Tembile (2 September 2021). "More delays in bringing Eastern Cape project online to provide desperately needed water to villages". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Solundwana, Abongile (14 September 2021). "Minister and deputies visit Tsomo River water project - The Rep" . Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Damba-Hendrik, Nombulelo (9 September 2024). "Villagers use contaminated river water while R100-million sewage project delayed". GroundUp News. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Fadare, Folake Temitope; Adefisoye, Martins Ajibade; Okoh, Anthony Ifeanyi (7 December 2020). Karunasagar, Iddya (ed.). "Occurrence, identification, and antibiogram signatures of selected Enterobacteriaceae from Tsomo and Tyhume rivers in the Eastern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa". PLOS ONE. 15 (12): e0238084. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1538084F. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238084 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   7721149 . PMID   33284819.


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