The hydrodynamics of the Bot River Estuary revisited

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-85

  Van Niekerk, L ^a,b   Van Der Merwe, J H ^a   Huizinga, P ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bot river estuary; Closed estuary; Estuarine dimensions; Estuarine habitat; Estuarine water levels; Estuary breaching policy; Estuary management

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

ARTIFICIAL BREACHING; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; TRIBUTARIES; WATER-LEVEL DATA;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; RUNOFF; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14744289775     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v31i1.5123     Document Type: Article

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