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Tintsaba teLubombo titfolakala eMphumalanga lapho tiphakame nga-400m
uma ucatsanisa nelilwandle. EmaSwati latfolakala ahlala esikhwahlande
lamanyenti atfolakala eMphumalanga. Lombono usekelwa bo Van Rensburg
naOosthuizen (1986:272) uma atsi:
To the East are the Lebombo mountains. These are about
400 metres above the sea level. To the West is the
highveld This is part ofSouth African highveld It is about
1 200 metres above sea level. Between the Lebombos
andthe highveld is the middleveld The land here is about
300 metres above the sea level.
LamaSwati eyame Iigede le Rissano Garda leliseKomatipoort, iMananga,
iMatsamo letfolakala endzaweni vase Jeepes Reef kanye ne-Qshoek letfolakala
endzaweni vase Oshoek. Enshonalanga yeNkhangala kuphakeme 1200m uma
ucatsanisa nelilwandle, kulendzawo lesemkhatsini ilinganiselwa ku 300m uma
ucatsanisa nekuphakama kwelilwandle.
Uve laseSwatini linemifula lembalwa lemikhulu lesingabala kuyo umfula
Lusushwane locala eNkhangala uye uyewutsela eMphumalanga. Umfula
iMbuluzi lemhlophe nalemnyama ichamuka eNkhangala bese igeleta ngase
Mphumalanga ize ifinyelele eLubombo. Umfula iNkomazi ugeletela
enshonalanga uma usasuka e5watini ngembi kwekutsi ugeletele
eMphumalanga lapho ulibhekise eLubombo ngase Komatipoort, ugelete
wendlule eMasibekela, kaHhoyi, eMangweni nase eTonga. Umfula iNkomazi
uhlangana neMlumati lochamuka eJepees Reef ugelete uyekwendlula
eLangeloop (eMabondvweni), kaMhlushwa bese uyawuvumbuka ePhiva lapho
utsela eNkomazi uba munye. Inkomazi ishosholoze ize iyewuhlangana
neMgwenya bese ungena eMozambiki ngase Rissano Garda lapho ungena
sewuyiNkomazi kuphela. Lemifula itfolakala kakhulu lapho kunebantfu
labangemaswati futsi lebaphila sona siSwati bakhuluma siSwati lekulilimi
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