- Source: Kowie River
The Kowie River (Coyi in Xhosa) is a river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It has its source in the hills of the "Grahamstown Heights" from where it flows in a south-easterly direction draining the major part of the Bathurst region, reaching the Indian Ocean through an estuary at Port Alfred.
Its major tributaries are the Bloukrans River, the Bak River and the Lushington River (or Torrens). The Little Kowie River is a smaller tributary which enters the estuarine portion of the river 14 km from the mouth. There are also a number of smaller unnamed streams entering the river along its course. The Kowie river is part of the Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area.
Ecology
There is a small population of the endangered Eastern Province rocky (Sandelia bainsii) in the Bloukrans River section of the Blaauwkrantz Nature Reserve.
See also
List of rivers of South Africa
List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kowie River
- Port Alfred
- List of rivers of Africa
- R72 (South Africa)
- 0-4-0
- CGR 0-4-0ST 1878 Aid
- Kowie Railway 4-4-0T
- Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- List of rivers of South Africa
- Bloukrans River
