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Browsing by Subject "Estuarine system"

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  • Bree (CSW22)
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    Author: Carter, RA Date: Dec 1983 The Bree River estuary is very large and although there are problems associated with limited fresh water supplies and an active dune field on the north bank of the mouth, there is considerable potential for development. After a long history ... Read more
  • Groot Brak (CMS3)
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    Author: Morant, PD Date: Dec 1983 The Great Brak estuary has been endowed with great scenic beauty and recreational potential. The estuary and environs thus offer a great challenge for progressive development with the needs of existing industries and residential areas having ... Read more
  • Heuningnes (CSW19)
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    Author: Bickerton, IB Date: Feb 1984 In this report available historical information on Heuningnes estuary is presented. The threat posed by high water levels in the Heuningnes, to the farmland situated on the coastal plain of Bredasdorp reduces the possibility of leaving the ... Read more
  • Keurbooms/Bitou system (CMS19) and Piesang (CMS18)
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    Author: Duvenage, IR ; Morant, PD Date: Oct 1984 In this report available historical information on the Keurbooms/Bitou and Piesang Estuaries is presented. It entails information on marine ecology, river catchment, abiotics and biotics characteristics found in the estuaries. The Keurbooms, ... Read more
  • Klein (CSW16)
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    Author: De Decker, HP Date: Oct 1989 This report provides historical overview on river catchment, ecology, biotic and abiotic characteristics and available information on the Klein estuary. Kleinriviersvlei is popularly known as "Hermanus Lagoon". In some of the accounts of ... Read more
  • Olifants (CW10)
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    Author: Morant, PD Date: Jul 1984 In this report available historical information on Olifants estuary and abiotic and biotic characteristics found in the estuary are presented. The Olifants River system was explored early in the colonization of the Cape by European settlers. ... Read more
  • Onrus (CSW14)
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    Author: Heinecken, TJE ; St J Damstra, K Date: Jul 1983 In this report available historical information on Onrus estuary is presented. The lower reach of the Onrus River or Onrust River as it is also known, has a small fresh water lagoon at its mouth. The area was originally part of a farm. According ... Read more
  • Quko (CSE56)
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    Author: Burns, MER ; Du Plessis, MA ; Verwoerd, DJ Date: Feb 1988 The Quko Estuary is referred to locally as Double Mouth, after the confluence of the two rivers which takes place to the mouth. The name is somewhat misleading, as it could imply that the Quko River enters the sea at two places which is not ... Read more
  • Rietvlei (CW24) and Diep (CW25)
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    Author: Grindley, JR ; Dudley, S Date: May 1988 The Diep River/ Rietvlei system can be divided into four clearly definable components: the catchment and Diep River down to its lower reaches where it enters the vlei system, the shallow areas of Rietvlei, the deeper dredged areas of Rietvlei ... Read more
  • Spoeg (CW5)
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    Author: Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ERCU Date: Apr 1981 The Spoeg has a relatively small catchment area and probably only flows into the sea at times of extreme flooding. As the dune covered catchment readily absorbs the run-off, the mouth does not appear to be subject to heavy fluvial sediment ... Read more
  • Swartkops (CSE3)
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    Author: Baird, D ; Hanekom, NM ; Grindley, JR Date: Jan 1986 The Swartkops Estuary is an exceptionally valuable environment feature for the Port Elizabeth metropolitan area. Just as Cape Town has Table mountain, so Port Elizabeth has the Swartkops Estuary as a natural area. Despite the intensive urban ... Read more
  • Swartvlei (CMS11)
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    Author: Whitfield, AK ; Allanson, BR ; Heinecken, TJE Date: Dec 1983 Swartvlei ranks among the most intensively studied of all Cape estuarine systems. The hydrology of the Swartvlei catchment has been investigated by then the Department of Water Affairs, hydrographic survey have been conducted by the Coastal ... Read more
  • Wildevoelvlei/Noordhoek (CW28)
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    Author: Heinecken, TJE Date: Aug 1985 In this report available historical information on Wildevoelvlei or Noordhoek estuary and abiotic and biotic characteristics found in the estuary are presented. It also describes a system in which there is no major river feeding an estuary. ... Read more