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Kowie River

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The Kowie River is a river in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It has its source in the hills of the “Grahamstown Heights” from where it flows in a south-easterly direction draining the major part of the Bathurst region, reaching the Indian Ocean through an estuary at Port Alfred.

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Its major tributaries are the Bloukrans River, the Bak River and the Lushington River (or Torrens).

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The Little Kowie River is a smaller tributary which enters the estuarine portion of the river 14 km from the mouth. There are also a number of smaller unnamed streams entering the river along its course.

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The Kowie river is part of the Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area.[1]

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