An assessment of the channel morphological changes in the Lourens River, Western Cape

Water SA

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 559-570

  Smith Adao, L B ^a   Scheepers, A C T ^b  

^a Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien invasion; Channel discharge; Channel form changes; Flooding effects; Lourens river; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOODS; FORESTRY;

CHANNEL DISCHARGE; CHANNEL WIDENING; NATURAL VEGETATION;

MORPHOLOGY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EROSION; FLOODS; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BANK EROSION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHANNEL CHANGE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; LOURENS RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 34547137647     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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