Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU2009-07-012009-07-011981-04CSIR, Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit. 1981. Report 2 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 401)0 7988 1815 8http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3480Estuaries of the CapeThis report entails available historical information on Buffels estuary and abiotic and biotic characteristics found in the estuary are presented. Although the Buffels River has a relatively large catchment compared with most other major rivers of the Cape Province (8th largest catchment in the Cape) it only flows into the sea at times of exceptionally high rainfall. The reasons for this are that the major part of the catchments lays between the 100-200 mm mean annual isohyets and that the geological formation of the river basin is such that it forms two large aquifers which absorb much of the river flow. The presence of one of these aquifers at the mouth of the Buffels River provides fresh water and thus allowed for the development of the Kleinsee mining settlement.enEstuaries - South African estuariesEstuarineCape estuariesCoastal researchBuffels RiverBuffels estuaryAbiotic characteristicsBiotic characteristicsRiver catchmentCouncil for Scientific and Industrial CouncilCSIRNational Research Institute for oceanologyNRIOOceanologyMorphometryReportEstuarine and Coastal Research Unit, E. (1981). <i>Buffels (CW3)</i> (CSIR Research Report number). CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3480Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU <i>Buffels (CW3).</i> CSIR Research Report number. CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology, 1981. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3480Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit E. Buffels (CW3). 1981 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3480TY - Report AU - Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRU AB - This report entails available historical information on Buffels estuary and abiotic and biotic characteristics found in the estuary are presented. Although the Buffels River has a relatively large catchment compared with most other major rivers of the Cape Province (8th largest catchment in the Cape) it only flows into the sea at times of exceptionally high rainfall. The reasons for this are that the major part of the catchments lays between the 100-200 mm mean annual isohyets and that the geological formation of the river basin is such that it forms two large aquifers which absorb much of the river flow. The presence of one of these aquifers at the mouth of the Buffels River provides fresh water and thus allowed for the development of the Kleinsee mining settlement. DA - 1981-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Estuaries - South African estuaries KW - Estuarine KW - Cape estuaries KW - Coastal research KW - Buffels River KW - Buffels estuary KW - Abiotic characteristics KW - Biotic characteristics KW - River catchment KW - Council for Scientific and Industrial Council KW - CSIR KW - National Research Institute for oceanology KW - NRIO KW - Oceanology KW - Morphometry LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1981 SM - 0 7988 1815 8 T1 - Buffels (CW3) TI - Buffels (CW3) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3480 ER -