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 Algoa Bay. The Groot estuary, bordering on South Africa's only coastal National Park, is in an almost completely natural condition. The Sout estuary is a predominantly tidally driven system consisting of narrow upper reaches opening into a relatively broad sandy cove which in turn opens to the sea through rocky promontories.
Reference:
Morant, PD and Bickerton, IB. 1982. Groot (WES) (CMS 23) and Sout (CMS 22). Report 19 of the Estuaries of the Cape, Part 2: Synopses of available information on individual systems series, edited by Heydorn, AEF and Grindley, JR. Stellenbosch: CSIR. (CSIR Research Report 418)
Morant, P., & Bickerton, I. (1983). Groot (WES) (CMS 23) and Sout (CMS 22) (CSIR Research Report number). CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3450
Morant, PD, and IB Bickerton Groot (WES) (CMS 23) and Sout (CMS 22). CSIR Research Report number. CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology, 1983. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3450
Morant P, Bickerton I. Groot (WES) (CMS 23) and Sout (CMS 22). 1983 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3450
