Mbashe Mouth

The Mbashe River reaches the Indian Ocean through a muddy estuary northeast of the Great Kei. When its flow is low, fine clay and fluid mud accumulate in the shallow water, where mullet are among the fish that gather. Floods can scour and rearrange these deposits, while mangroves grow along parts of the estuary. The coast between the Mbashe and the Kei is associated with the Gcaleka branch of the Xhosa.