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Buffalo River

The Buffalo River has its source in the seeps and sponges of the Amatola Mountains at an altitude of 1200 m. The river is 126 kilometres long and drains a catchment of 1287 square kilometres. From its source, the river descends through indigenous forest in a deeply incised channel, flanked by rock cliffs up to 120 metres high. The quality of these headwaters is good. After only seven kilometres, the river faces its first obstruction, the small Maden Dam, built in 1910 (114 years old). Four kilometres downstream of Maden Dam, the much larger Rooikrantz Dam impounds about five million cubic metres. Rooikrantz Dam supplies water to King William's Town and the surrounding areas. Twenty kilometres from its source, at an altitude of 450 metres above mean sea level, the Cwengcwe River and Izele River join the Buffalo from the northeast. From here the river runs through undulating plains.

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Name: Buffalo River topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Buffalo River, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa (-33.03059 27.29925 -32.73951 27.92090)

Average elevation: 395 m

Minimum elevation: -1 m

Maximum elevation: 1,410 m

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