The Letaba River is located in eastern Limpopo

Limpopo

Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. The capital is Polokwane, formerly named Pietersburg. The province was formed from the northern region of Transvaal Province in 1994, and initially named Northern Transvaal...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. It starts at the confluence of the Great Letaba

Groot Letaba River

Groot Letaba River, The Groot Letaba headwater streams originate in the Drakensberg Escarpment, descending in long runs with an occasional riffle or pool. Mostly in the Limpopo, province South Africa. At the higher level the Broederstroom, Politsi River, Debengeni River, Letsitele River, and...

 and Little Letaba River

Klein Letaba River

Klein Letaba River, is a tributay of the Groot Letaba River, situated in Limpopo, South Africa. The Klein Letaba tributary like the Soeketse River and Koedoes River are wide, dry and sandy ditches for most of the year.- Also see :...

s, whence they continue their journey as the Letaba River, until it becomes a tributary of the Olifants River in the foothills of the Lebombo Mountains

Lebombo Mountains

The Lebombo Mountains, also called Lubombo Mountains, are an 800km long, narrow range of mountains in Southern Africa stretching from Hluhluwe in KwaZulu-Natal in the south to Punda Maria in the Limpopo Province in South Africa in the north. Part of the mountains are found in South Africa,...

, near South Africa's border with Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

. In Mozambique the latter river is called the Rio Elefantes.

Tributaries include the Nharhweni River, Ngwenyeni River, Nwanedzi River and Makhadzi River.