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The Kariega estuary
(33°41' S;
26°44' E)
is situated southwest of the coastal town of Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape. The river is approximately 138 km long with a catchment area of 685 sq. km. About 14% of the Kariega catchment was under agriculture. Most of this comprised a mixture of temporary and permanent commercial dryland agriculture, improved grasslands, temporary commercial irrigated agriculture, and commercial forestry. The Kariega catchment did not appear to be degraded and a large proportion (96%) was natural, mainly comprising bushland and grassland. Very little of the catchment (less than 1%) was developed and this was mostly residential.
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