Swartkops River, also Zwartskop River, (Afrikaans: black hills) is a watercourse in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

[1] The source of the Swartkops is near Cockscombe Mountain,[2] and it flows east into the Algoa Bay of the Indian Ocean in Bluewater Bay, just outside Gqeberha.

The Swartzkops watershed lies with the Uitenhage Artesian Basin.

[1] The river suffers from sewage pollution, litter, and algae blooms.

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