Swartkops River

Swartkops River
View of South Africa taken during ISS Expedition 18, 2008
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	33°51′48″S25°37′46″E / 33.8633°S 25.6294°E / -33.8633; 25.6294

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]

References

1. 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. "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.