Mutshindudi River | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Limpopo#South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type3: | Province |
Subdivision Name3: | Limpopo |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Sibasa |
Mouth Coordinates: | -22.9458°N 30.3353°W |
The Mutshindudi River is a river in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, it originates in the Soutpansberg mountains.[1] It is a right-hand tributary of the Levuvhu River. Its elevation is 534[2] metres above the sea level. It is about 50 km long and drops steeply from a high rain fall region at 1200m to a lowland valley at 450m altitude where it joins the Luvuvhu river, it is a small yet permanent river, supplying the domestic demand of the Thohoyandou municipal area. Many 20m wide and 80m long riffles and rapids are found here.
Vondo Dam was built in 1982[3] on the Mutshindudi river near Thohoyandou and Sibasa. It was built to supply water to the Tate - Vondo Tea Estate.