Apart from the Orange River, the Tugela River is also a geographical boundary between East Africa and the Cape Colony, flowing from within Lesotho to the Indian Ocean.
The Tugela River is quite wide and turbulent, with the well-known Tugela Falls standing tall over it. The water cascades down the large cliffs of the Drakensberg Mountains, forming a waterfall group with a drop of 944 meters, second only to Angel Falls, ranking second in the world.
Thus, the topography of the Tugela River basin is extremely rugged, providing a great supplemental function for East African national defense.
North of the Tugela River, the construction of New Hamburg Port has been completed, with its scale rapidly approaching that of the northern and southern ports, Maputo and Durban, becoming one of the three most prosperous cities in the area.
