The roles of sedimentation and plant growth in changing flow patterns in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

T. S. McCarthy; W. N. Ellery; K. H. Rogers; B. Cairncross; K. Ellery

The roles of sedimentation and plant growth in changing flow patterns in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

T. S. McCarthy
, W. N. Ellery
, K. H. Rogers
, B. Cairncross
, K. Ellery

University of the Witwatersrand

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Abstract

Individual distributaries of the Okavango Delta are subject to progressive blockage and ultimately are abandoned, on a time scale of fifty to one hundred years, and new channel systems form in consequence. -from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-584
Number of pages	6
Journal	South African Journal of Science
Volume	82
Issue number	10
Publication status	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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The roles of sedimentation and plant growth in changing flow patterns in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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