Grindley, SA2009-06-252009-06-251988-12Grindley, SA. 1988. Report 29 of the Estuaries of the Cape, Part 2: Synopses of available information on individual systems series, edited by Heydorn, AEF and Morant, PD. Stellenbosch: CSIR. (CSIR research report 428)0 7988 2863 3http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3460Estuaries of the CapeHout 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 convenient and, in the short-term, cheap conduit for stormwater from new development should be halted. More effective means of conducting stormwater to the sea from new developments on both sides of the valley should be investigated. To allow new developments to discharge their stormwater into the Hout Bay River will greatly compound the already intensive erosion and flooding problems. The present condition of the Hout Bay River catchment can be seen as the product of large-scale changes over several centuries. The rate of change has increased significantly in recent times and unless carefully controlled it may seriously threaten the high quality of the environment in this unique valley.enEstuaries - South African estuariesEstuarineCape estuariesCoastal researchHout BayAbiotic characteristicsBiotic characteristicsRiver catchmentCSIRCouncil for Scientific and Industrial CouncilNRIONational Research Institute for oceanologyFaunaFloraMorphometryReportGrindley, S. (1988). <i>Hout Bay (CW27)</i> (CSIR Research Report number). CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3460Grindley, SA <i>Hout Bay (CW27).</i> CSIR Research Report number. CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3460Grindley S. Hout Bay (CW27). 1988 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3460TY - Report AU - Grindley, SA AB - 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 convenient and, in the short-term, cheap conduit for stormwater from new development should be halted. More effective means of conducting stormwater to the sea from new developments on both sides of the valley should be investigated. To allow new developments to discharge their stormwater into the Hout Bay River will greatly compound the already intensive erosion and flooding problems. The present condition of the Hout Bay River catchment can be seen as the product of large-scale changes over several centuries. The rate of change has increased significantly in recent times and unless carefully controlled it may seriously threaten the high quality of the environment in this unique valley. DA - 1988-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Estuaries - South African estuaries KW - Estuarine KW - Cape estuaries KW - Coastal research KW - Hout Bay KW - Abiotic characteristics KW - Biotic characteristics KW - River catchment KW - CSIR KW - Council for Scientific and Industrial Council KW - NRIO KW - National Research Institute for oceanology KW - Fauna KW - Flora KW - Morphometry LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1988 SM - 0 7988 2863 3 T1 - Hout Bay (CW27) TI - Hout Bay (CW27) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3460 ER -