| MDLOTI RIVER: Topography, geology and soils |
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Map of the MDLOTI River |
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| TOPOGRAPHY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| GEOLOGY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The river traverses
Archaean Granite (Gneiss), Table Mountain Sandstone, Dwyka conglomerates
(tillites), Ecca shale and recent deposits in its drainage basin (43,78).
Borehole data reveals bedrock at 31 m to be Ecca sandstone (257).
Maud (219) makes mention of a marine platform at the Mdloti
lagoon 5.8 m above sea level, carrying on it an old oyster bed. (Ref1) |
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Ref 1: Begg, G. (1978) The estuaries of Natal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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