| KOMATI RIVER: Topography, geology and soils |
|
|
eWISA Home | KOMATI RIVER: MAIN INDEX | ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RIVERS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Map of the Komati River |
|
E-mail us | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TOPOGRAPHY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
Topographically, the water management area is divided by the Drakensberg Mountains into a western plateau and the sub-tropical Lowveld in the east, with altitudes ranging from over 2 000 m in the west to as low as 140 m in the east. (Ref 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| GEOLOGY | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
By far the greater portion of the area is underlain by crystalline igneous and metamorphic rocks, comprising granites and gneisses, with many diabase dyke intrusions in places. (Ref 1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOILS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Ref 1: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa. 2004. DWAF Report No. P WMA 05/000/00/0303: Internal Strategic Perspectives: Inkomati Water Management Area – Version 1 (March 2004). Tlou & Matji (Pty) Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Useful links | |||||||||||||||||||||||
