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Map of the BUFFELS River |
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The Buffels River
Catchment falls within the winter rainfall area.
Episodic floods occur occasionally (Heydorn & Tinley, 1980). |
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The annual precipitation
is 201 to 250 mm per annum, decreasing towards the west coast, which
receives only 75 to 100 mm per annum. |
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The dominant wind
direction measured (CSIR, 2000) at Kleinzee is south to
south-south-west. (Ref 1) |
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Ref
1: CSIR (1981),
Estuaries of the |
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