Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, RCRUDate:Jun 1981The nature of the Bitter surface sediments in the mouth region suggest that the river flows intermittently but probably only for short periods. This is to be expected from the nature of the rainfall and the small size of the catchment. Sediments ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRUDate:Apr 1981The Gamtoos has the fourth largest catchment of all the Cape rivers, with an area of 34 438 km2 which extends right up into the Great Karoo. Two large tributaries drain the eastern extremity of the Nuweveld Mountain range and the western ...Read more