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MZIMVUBU:
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ALPHABETICAL
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TEMPERATURE
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A mild, temperate climate along the coast to
more extreme conditions inland with most rainfall occurring during the
summer months (DWAF: 1999) (12). Temperature variations along the coast
are less pronounced than inland where frost (and sometimes snow) is
regularly experienced during the winter months, while temperatures could
exceed 40°C in summer. (Ref 1)
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RAINFALL
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Mean
annual rainfall for the region is approximately 1050mm with most of it
falling during the summer months. Rainfall
increases from the west to the east and generally from inland to the
Coast. Mean annual
rainfall varies from a low of about 700 mm in the centre of the basin to
between 1 000 and 1 500 mm along the coast and portions of the
Drakensberg
Mountains
. (Ref 1)
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References |
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Ref 1: Department of Water Affairs and
Forestry, South Africa. 2005. Mzimvubu to Keiskamma Water Management
Area: Internal Strategic Perspective of the Mzimvubu to Mbashe
ISP Area. Prepared by Ninham Shand, Tlou and Matji, FST Consulting
and Umvoto Consortium. DWAF Report No.: P WMA 12/000/00/0305
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