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The Verlore estuary
(32°19' S;
18°20' E)
is located in the Western Cape and is found on the west coast, north of the coastal city of Cape Town. The river is approximately 101 km long with a catchment area of 1 895 sq. km. About 48% of the Verlore catchment was under agriculture. Most of this was temporary commercial dryland agriculture, temporary commercial irrigated agriculture, and permanent commercial irrigated agriculture. Approximately 2% of the catchment was degraded, comprising mainly degraded shrubland and bushland as well as dongas and sheet erosion. Roughly 50% of the Verlore catchment was natural, consisting mainly of shrubland, bushland, and wetlands and waterbodies (Verlorenvlei). There was very little urban development in the Verlore catchment (less than 1%) and most of this was residential development.
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