The impacts of channelisation on the geomorphology and ecology of the Kuils River, Western Cape, South Africa
>Magister Scientiae - MSc === Urbanisation and storm water input in the Kuils River catchment changed the flow of the river from ephemeral to perennial. This led to flooding problems in the Kuilsrivier central business district. The river was channelised in 2000 to increase the carrying capacit...
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University of Western Cape
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7484 |
| Summary: | >Magister Scientiae - MSc === Urbanisation and storm water input in the Kuils River catchment changed the flow of the river
from ephemeral to perennial. This led to flooding problems in the Kuilsrivier central business
district. The river was channelised in 2000 to increase the carrying capacity of the channel
and thus to reduce the flood risk. This study aims to monitor the impacts of channelisation on
the geomorphology and ecology of the Kuils River. This was done by selecting representative
study sites upstream, within and downstream of the channelised reach. The geomorphological
and ecological characteristics of the river were recorded in detail with changes tracked over a
year period incorporating channelisation activities and winter floods. |
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