Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, RCRU2009-07-012009-07-011981-06CSIR, Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit. 1981. Bitter (CW6). Report 6 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 405)0 7988 1829 8http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3486Estuaries of the CapeThe 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 originating from the sea tend to build up the sand bar at the mouth of the Bitter, whilst the river would tend to breach it at times of flow, particularly in the winter months. Sea water probably only overtops the sandbar during exceptionally high tides combined with heavy seas and onshore winds.enEstuaries - South African estuariesMarine ecologyCape estuariesCoastal researchBitter estuaryBitter RiverAbiotic characteristicsBiotic characteristicsRiver catchmentFaunaFloraOceonographyReportEstuarine and Coastal Research Unit, R. (1981). <i>Bitter (CW6)</i> (CSIR Research Report number). CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3486Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, RCRU <i>Bitter (CW6).</i> CSIR Research Report number. CSIR, National Research Institute for Oceanology, 1981. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3486Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit R. Bitter (CW6). 1981 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3486TY - Report AU - Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, RCRU AB - 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 originating from the sea tend to build up the sand bar at the mouth of the Bitter, whilst the river would tend to breach it at times of flow, particularly in the winter months. Sea water probably only overtops the sandbar during exceptionally high tides combined with heavy seas and onshore winds. DA - 1981-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Estuaries - South African estuaries KW - Marine ecology KW - Cape estuaries KW - Coastal research KW - Bitter estuary KW - Bitter River KW - Abiotic characteristics KW - Biotic characteristics KW - River catchment KW - Fauna KW - Flora KW - Oceonography LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1981 SM - 0 7988 1829 8 T1 - Bitter (CW6) TI - Bitter (CW6) UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3486 ER -