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The Mtakatye estuary
(31°51' S;
29°16' E)
lies south of the coastal town of Port St Johns on the Transkei coast of the Eastern Cape. This system drains a catchment area of approximately 493 sq. km. Agriculture accounted for 22% of the catchment land-cover of the Mtakatye system. Most of this was subsistence farming and some commercial forestry. About 12% of the catchment comprised degraded grassland while 58% was natural. Natural land-cover included grassland, bushland and forest. Approximately 8% of the catchment comprised residential (rural) development.
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