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Bitter (CW6)

Author: Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, RCRU Date: Jun 1981 The 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
Bot/Kleinmond system (CSW13)

Author: Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU Date: Sep 1982 In this report an attempt is made to synthesis available information on the Botriviervlei and Kleimond estuary. The name Bot River is probably a direct reference to the slow flowing nature of the river and derived from bot, while Kleinmond ... Read more
Diatom flora of Southern Africa

Author: Schoeman, FR ; Archibald, REM Date: Sep 1977 The authors in their various issues aim at describing twenty species in each issue. Failure to achieve this aim is due, partly to the short intervals between the issue dates, but more specifically to all the work involved in ensuring the ... Read more
Eerste (CSW 6)

Author: Grindley, JR Date: Dec 1982 This report provides historical information on Eerste River, catchment, abiotic and biotic characteristics. The Eerste River rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town as the head of Jonkershoek. The river catchment covers the eastern part ... Read more
Floristic composition of the southern cape forests with an annotated checklist

Author: Geldenhuys, CJ Date: Feb 1993 An annotated list of species recorded in the forests of the southern Cape is provided. The flora comprises 470 species which belong to 280 genera and 106 families (50 monogeneric families, 32 monospecific families and 193 monospecific genera). ... Read more
Further account of the marine littoral diatoms of the Saldanha Bay Lagoon, Cape province, South Africa

Author: Giffen, MH Date: 1976 This paper deals with the continuation of an investigation of the marine littoral diatom flora of the Saldanha bay Lagoon, situated on the west coast of South Africa. Read more
Further contribution to the diatom flora of sewage enriched waters in southern Africa

Author: Schoeman, FR Date: 1972 The systematics and autecology of the diatoms observed in an algal sample from a maturation pond of the Walvis Bay (south west African coast) sewage works are discussed. Fourteen diatoms species are recorded. A new specie, Amphora subacutiuscula, ... Read more
Gamtoos (CMS48)

Author: Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU Date: Apr 1981 The 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
Goukourivier [previously known as Kafferkuils (CSW24)] and Duiwenhoks (CSW23)

Author: Carter, RA ; Brownlie, S Date: Oct 1990 In the Kafferkuils now known as the Goukourivier the sediment dynamics of the estuary mouth region have been altered by the breaking of the sediment pathway into the historic sediment sink east of the mouth. This is done by the initial fixing ... Read more
Gourits (CSW25)

Author: Heydorn, HJ Date: Feb 1989 This report provides historical overview on river catchment, ecology, biotic and abiotic characteristics and available information on the Gourits estuary. The Gourits Estuary, in common with other estuaries whose mouths are open for part or ... Read more
Groen (CW7)

Author: Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU Date: Jun 1981 The state of knowledge of the Groen is poor. The area, being remote, has received little attention in the past and the bulk of information in this report originates from the Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit (ECRU) survey. Although the Groen ... Read more
Groot (WES) (CMS 23) and Sout (CMS 22)

Author: Morant, PD ; Bickerton, IB Date: Jun 1983 Little is known of the early history of the area surrounding the Groot and Sout estuaries. The densely forested terrain dissected by deep gorges caused the area to be avoided by early travellers who used the inland route via the Langkloof to ... Read more
Groot Brak (CMS3)

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
Hartenbos (CMS1)

Author: Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU Date: Jun 1982 This report provides an overview of the Hartenbos estuary of the Cape Coast dealing with aspects such as climate, geology, soils, catchments, run-off, vegetations, oceanography and estuaries. In this report available information on Hartenbos ... Read more
Heuningnes (CSW19)

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
Holgat (CW2)

Author: Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU Date: Jun 1981 The Holgat is not an estuary in the true sense, due to a combination of factors. Although the catchment has an area of 1500 km2, the Holgat last flowed in 1925. The main reason for this appears to be the low rainfall in the catchment and the ... Read more
Hout Bay (CW27)

Author: Grindley, SA Date: Dec 1988 Hout Bay is a south-facing crescentic embayment on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula approximately 22km south of Cape Town. The valley of Hout Bay is surrounded by mountains with the summit of Table Mountain. The use of the Hout bay as a ... Read more
Karoo biome: a preliminary synthesis. Part 2 - vegetation and history

Author: Cowling, RM ; Roux, PW Date: 1987 This volume is the second in a series of syntheses of existing knowledge of the karoo biome. The first volume summarized what is currently known on the physical environment of the biome namely geology, soils, climate, hydrology, geohydrology ... Read more
Klein (CSW16)

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
Knysna (CMS 13)

Author: Grindley, JR Date: Mar 1985 The report entails available historical information on Knysna estuary and abiotic and biotic characteristics found in the estuary are presented. The Knysna system is commonly referred to as a lagoon but it may also correctly be called an ... Read more

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