Bridge over the Palmiet River between Betty's Bay and Kleinmond
Location
Country
South Africa
State
Western Cape
Physical characteristics
Source
Kogelberg
• location
Western Cape
Mouth
• location
Atlantic Ocean
• elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Basin size
500 km2 (190 sq mi)
Palmiet River (Afrikaans: Palmietrivier) is a river located in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The Palmiet River is a typical Western Cape river, experiencing winter rainfall and it is important for the Western Cape Water Supply System. It has a small catchment area of 500 km2, flows through the expanse of the Elgin Valley, and reaches the ocean through an estuary.[1]
This river has six irrigation and hydro-power dams along its length, and provides water for agricultural and industrial uses, as well as to the city of Cape Town.[2] It is unclear why there has been an apparent increase in flow over the last 30 years.
This river is named after the plant known as Palmiet (Prionium serratum) and should not be confused with the Palmiet River near Durban,[3] or the Palmiet River which is a tributary of the Keurbooms River.
The rivers of the Cape region with the Palmiet River (centre)
An aerial photograph of the mouth of the Palmiet River in Kleinmond as it flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
^Palmiet River Estuary Archived 2011-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
between the Mooi River (Spring Grove Dam) and the Umgeni. A smaller tributary close to its mouth is the 26-kilometre-long (16 mi) PalmietRiver, which should...
located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream of the Kogelberg Dam on the PalmietRiver near Cape Town, South Africa. The pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant...
Prionium serratum, the palmiet, is a robust, evergreen, semiaquatic, rhizomatous flowering plant growing to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in height. It is the only...
Palmiet Nature Reserve is located in Westville, a town located ten kilometres from Durban, South Africa. The reserve is made up of a wide variety of natural...
term for "river" (often tautologically the English term "river" is added to the name). The Zulu word amanzi (water) also forms part of some river names....
and include Houtema, which is thought to have been the name for the PalmietRiver, and Gantouw which was the name for Sir Lowry's Pass. The original Chairouqua...
Pumped Storage Scheme P ^ The Kogelberg and Rockview dams form part of the Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme S ^ The Steenbras Dam – Upper and Steenbras Hydro-Electric...
ecosystems include wetlands, as well as the riparian vegetation of the PalmietRiver, which is the most untouched in the south western Cape and are home...
link allows water from the PalmietRiver to be transferred to the dam. List of reservoirs and dams in South Africa List of rivers of South Africa "List of...
Includes the following major rivers: the Breede River, Riviersonderend River, Sout River, Bot River and PalmietRiver, and covers the following Dams:...
Berg River basin, the Upper and Lower Steenbras Dams on the Steenbras River as well as the Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme dams on the PalmietRiver, from...
municipality is the Elgin Valley, drained by the PalmietRiver. The northern part is the valley of the Sonderend River including the Theewaterskloof Dam. The southeastern...
Kogelberg Dam is a combined gravity & arch type dam located on the PalmietRiver, near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1986...
2011. Retrieved 6 March 2010. River Health Programme (2003). State-of-Rivers Report: Diep, Hout Bay, Lourens and PalmietRiver Systems (PDF), Pretoria: Department...
List of dams and reservoirs in South Africa List of drainage basins of South Africa List of rivers of South Africa Hydrology Water Management Area Maps...
1926, Lupton bought some hundred acres of veldt near Elgin, on the PalmietRiver, 50 miles from Cape Town where he built a farmhouse, thatched it with...
Eikenhof Dam is an earth-fill type dam on the PalmietRiver, near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1977. The primary purpose...
coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) List of dams in South Africa List of rivers of South Africa South African Department of Water and Sanitation. State...
fynbos. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape where it occurs in the PalmietRiver valley in the Kogelberg. The plant was considered extinct in 1987 but...
Rockview Dam is a zoned earth-fill/rock-fill type dam located on the PalmietRiver near Grabouw, Western Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1986...
fynbos. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape where it occurs in the PalmietRiver valley in the Kogelberg. The shrub grows only 1 m high and flowers from...
Elgin Basin in the Caledon District, Arieskraal, slopes above the Klein PalmietRiver at an elevation of approximately 250 metres (820 feet), about 60 kilometres...
Mozambique border in the east to the Gariep (Orange) River at the Namibian border in the west. Some 300 river outlets intersect this coastline and these range...
Reserve, somewhat more easterly, on the Paardeberg adjacent to the PalmietRiver near Kleinmond. M. hirtus occurs on the Cape Peninsula, in lower southern...
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