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The Durban Bay estuary
(29°52' S;
31°4' E)
is located in the coastal city of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. This important industrial harbour has a catchment area of approximately 264 sq. km. About 6% of the Durban Bay catchment was under agriculture, comprising mostly subsistence farming, commercial sugar cane, commercial forest, and improved grasslands. It should be noted that the improved grasslands in this catchment were mainly associated with recreational areas. Approximately 2% of the catchment comprised degraded bushland with roughly 23% natural, consisting mostly of bushland, grassland and forest. The coastal city of Durban accounts for the high proportion of urban development (70%) in the catchment. This is mainly residential, industrial and commercial development with some smallholdings also present.
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