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Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/50842 Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa Dippenaar, Matthys Alois nelda.breedt@gmail.com Breedt, Nelda UCTD Subterranean hydrology Groundwater Wetland hydrology Hillslope wetlands Ephemeral wetlands Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-06 Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-11 Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-15 Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2015. Wetlands are multi-disciplinary ecosystems defined and classified in many different ways across the world, due to their high variability in hydrological conditions, location, size and human influence. In South Africa the only legislative definition of a wetland is held by the National Water Act 36 of 1998, which was derived from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Classification System for Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats in the USA, by Cowardin et al. (1979). This Act introduced the first legislation in South Africa directly addressing wetlands, and a manual for wetland delineation was only published in 2005 by the then Department of Water Affairs (DWA). Before the late 1990’s environmental legislation was not very specific on the identification or development of these ecosystems, resulting in their destruction by development. Today still, wetland indicators, as specified by DWA 2005, are often missed in temporary systems during dry periods, and development commences on these wetlands. Not only do these developments cause harm or destroy these ecosystems, but cause major post-development problems such as contamination through surface water-groundwater interaction and seepage of shallow subsurface water though building foundations. tm2015 Geology MSc Unrestricted SDG-06: Clean water and sanitation SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-15: Life on land 2015-11-25T09:53:54Z 2015-11-25T09:53:54Z 2015/09/01 2015 Dissertation Breedt, N 2015, Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50842> S2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50842 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Subterranean hydrology Groundwater Wetland hydrology Hillslope wetlands Ephemeral wetlands Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-06 Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-11 Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-15 Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa |
| title | Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa |
| title_full | Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa |
| title_short | Understanding Subterranean Hydrology in the Delineation of Wetlands : an Ephemeral Hillslope Wetland on Basement Granite in South Africa |
| title_sort | understanding subterranean hydrology in the delineation of wetlands an ephemeral hillslope wetland on basement granite in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Subterranean hydrology Groundwater Wetland hydrology Hillslope wetlands Ephemeral wetlands Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-06 Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-11 Natural and agricultural sciences theses SDG-15 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50842 |