Kasouga River

Kasouga river
Paddling on the Kasouga river
EtymologyThe place of the leapoard
Location
Country South Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
DistrictSarah Baartman District
MunicipalityNdlambe Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates33°36′17″S 26°45′00″E / 33.604844°S 26.749999°E / -33.604844; 26.749999
Mouth 
 • coordinates
33°39′15″S 26°44′09″E / 33.65404°S 26.73593°E / -33.65404; 26.73593
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The Kasouga River is a blind river [1] located in between Kenton-on-Sea and Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape Province, 900 km south of Pretoria. The Kasouga estuary has mudflats,[2] reeds and grasses, and occasionally the lagoon is breached and the river flows directly into the Indian Ocean.[3] Kasouga is also an old holiday villiage that means “place of the leopard” in the Khoe-Khoe language.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Kasouga Blind River Fishing & Fish Species". www.fishthesea.co.za. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  2. ^ 10.2989/16085914.2012.750593
  3. ^ Kasougarivier sa Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2012-01-18; database download sa 2017-02-28
  4. ^ Guest, Laura (2024) Kasouga – The Eastern Cape’s First Holiday Resort. Presentation to the Lower Albany Historical Society https://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/toposcope/article/download/2559/1405/1876