Ohlanga River

{{Use South African English|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Ohlanga River

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| name_other = uMhlanga {{in lang|zu}}, Umhlanga, Mhlanga

| name_etymology = Named after the Zulu word for "reed"[https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames_djvu.txt Dictionary of Southern African Place Names]

| image = Ohlanga-strandmeer, Umhlanga, f.jpg

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| pushpin_map = South Africa

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the Ohlanga River mouth

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| subdivision_name1 = South Africa

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| subdivision_type3 = Region

| subdivision_name3 = KwaZulu-Natal

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| length = {{convert|28|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| mouth = Indian Ocean

| mouth_location = North of uMhlanga Rocks

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The Ohlanga River is a river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which empties into the Indian Ocean just north of uMhlanga, north of Durban.Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, [http://www.durban.kzn.org.za/durban//about/40.html About Durban], retrieved September 2006 The river has extensive reed beds in the estuary at its mouth,South African Birding, [http://www.sabirding.co.za/birdspot/040109.asp Umhlanga Conservancy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003140644/http://www.sabirding.co.za/birdspot/040109.asp |date=2006-10-03 }}, retrieved September 2006 which is only 7 km southwest from the mouth of the uMdloti River.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164431/https://business.highbeam.com/437820/article-1G1-152236549/comparative-study-zooplankton-dynamics-two-subtropical A comparative study of zooplankton dynamics in two subtropical temporarily open/closed estuaries, South Africa] Presently, this river is part of the Mvoti to Umzimkulu Water Management Area.[http://www.dwaf.gov.za/iwqs/rhp/eco/FROC/WMA11MvotuUmzimkulu.jpg Mvoti to Umzimkulu WMA 11]