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The Mfolozi/Msunduzi estuary
(28°24' S;
32°25' E)
is located north of the coastal town of Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. This system has a catchment area of approximately 11 068 sq. km. Agriculture accounted for about 23% of the catchment land-cover in the Mfolozi-Msunduzi system. Most of this consisted of subsistence agriculture and commercial forestry. Approximately 13 % of the catchment was degraded, mostly comprising degraded grassland, bushland and forest while about 64% was natural. Natural land-cover generally consisted of grassland, bushland, and forest and woodland. There was very little urban development (less than 1%) in the Mfolozi-Msunduzi catchment. Most of the urban development comprised residential and industrial development associated with the towns of Mtubatuba in the lower catchment, Ulundi in the middle catchment and Vryheid in the upper catchment; mines and quarries were also located near the inland town of Vryheid.
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