Location and Geomorphology … see map below

As the name indicates this landscape consists of the low lying areas along the two rivers and is underlain by archian granite and gneiss intersected by dolerite intrusions. The landscape is horseshoe-shaped, starting at the Sabie River with the Mtshawuspruit as the western boundary, along the Sabie eastwards to Lubyelubye. Then southwards across the watershed to the Crocodile River and then westwards following the banks to the vicinity of the Malelane restcamp. The topography is concave to relatively flat but is intersected by numerous spruits that flow into the two rivers. Spruits worth mentioning are the Nwaswitshaka, Nwatimwambo, Nwatimhiri and Lubyelubye that flow into the Sabie River and the lower Mbyamide, Bume and Mlambane that flow into the Crocodile River. A few granite koppies occur in the landscape of which Shirimanthanga. Renoster Koppies, Thekwane, Mlaleni, Siyalo and Sihehleni are the most important.
The altitude varies between 200 and 350 metres and the landscape occupies 1242 km/2 or 6.2 percent of the KNP, which makes it one of the largest landscapes in the southern district.

Acacia exuvialis: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nilotica: found in Bottomlands
Acacia grandicornuta: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Bottomlands
Acacia tortilis: found in Bottomlands
Adenium obesum: found in Bottomlands
Balanites maughamii: found in Bottomlands
Croton gratissimus: found in Bottomlands
Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Bottomlands
Ehretia rigida: found in Bottomlands
Euclea divinorum: found in Bottomlands
G.flavescens: found in Bottomlands
Gardenia spatulifolia: found in Bottomlands
Grewia bicolor: found in Bottomlands
Ormocarpum trichocarpum: found in Bottomlands
Pavetta cataphylla: found in Bottomlands
Ptaeroxylon obliquum: found in Bottomlands
Rhigozum zambesiacum: found in Bottomlands
Schotia brachypetala: found in Bottomlands
Spirostachys africana: found in Bottomlands
Terminalia prunioides: found in Bottomlands
Xanthocercis zambesiaca: found in Bottomlands
Zanthoxylum humilis: found in Bottomlands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Koppies
Combretum hereroense: found in Koppies
Croton gratissimus: found in Koppies
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Koppies
Ficus soldanella: found in Koppies
Grewia hexamita: found in Koppies
Iboza riparia: found in Koppies
Lannea discolor: found in Koppies
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Koppies
Maytenus tenuispina: found in Koppies
Ozoroa paniculosa: found in Koppies
Pterocarpus rotundifolius: found in Koppies
Schotia brachypetala: found in Koppies
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Koppies
Spirostachys africana : found in Koppies
Tricalysia allenii: found in Koppies
Acacia robusta: found in Riverine
Anthocleista grandiflora: found in Riverine
Berchemia discolor: found in Riverine
Breonadia microcephala: found in Riverine
Combretum erythrophyllum: found in Riverine
Diospyros mespiliformis: found in Riverine
Ekebergia capensis: found in Riverine
Ficus sycomorus: found in Riverine
Kigelia africana: found in Riverine
Nuxia oppositifolia: found in Riverine
Trichilia emetica: found in Riverine
Acacia exuvialis: found in Uplands
Acacia nigrescens: found in Uplands
Acacia tortilis.: found in Uplands
Combretum apiculatum: found in Uplands
Combretum hereroense: found in Uplands
Dichostachys cinerea subsp. Africana: found in Uplands
Grewia bicolor: found in Uplands
Grewia flavescens: found in Uplands
Lannea stuhlmannii: found in Uplands
Lonchocarpus capassa: found in Uplands
Sclerocarya caffra: found in Uplands
Terminalia prunioides: found in Uplands
Ziziphus mucronata: found in Uplands

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