| GREATKEI RIVER: Climate |
|
|
eWISA Home | GREATKEI: MAIN INDEX | ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RIVERS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Map of the GREATKEI River |
|
E-mail us | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TEMPERATURE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
The area experiences a temperate climate along the coast to more extreme conditions inland. Temperature variations along the coast are less pronounced than inland where the frost (and sometimes snow) is regularly experienced during the winter months while temperatures regularly exceed 40°C during the summer months. (Ref 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Summers: hot | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Winters: cold, with frost and snow in the high lying areas (Ref 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RAINFALL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Rainfall:
Rain falls predominantly in the summer months (70% - 80%),generally in
the form of high intensity thunderstorms often accompanied by hail. (Ref
1)
Annual rain in the Kei catchment varies from a low approximately 400 mm in the Upper Kei area around Sterkstroom, to 700mm in the Middle Kei, to 1000mm at Kei Mouth. The highest rainfall area is again in the Amatola Mountains. (Ref 1) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Ref 1: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa. 2004. Mzimvubu to Keiskamma Water Management Area : Amatole – Kei Internal Strategic Perspective. Prepared by FST Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd in association with Tlou & Matji and Umvoto Africa, on behalf of the Directorate : National Water Resource Planning. DWAF Report No. P WMA 12/000/00/0404. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Useful links | |||||||||||||||||||||||
