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The Shixini estuary
(32°24' S;
28°43' 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 332 sq. km. Approximately 26% of the Shixini catchment was under agriculture, mainly subsistence farming with some commercial forestry. Only 1% of the catchment comprised degraded grassland while 70% was natural grassland, bushland, and forest. About 3% of the land-cover comprised residential (rural) development.
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