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Water analyses were done on samples taken at a series of points along the Sundays River in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The chemical characteristics of the water were then correlated with the geological and geographical nature of the catchment.
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Wasserproben von einer Reihe von Stellen des Sundays Rivers in der Östlichen Kapprovinz, Süd Africa, sind analysiert. Die chemischen Eigenschaften sind bezogen auf der geologischen and geographischen Natur des Sammelgebietes.
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Forbes, A.T., Allanson, B.R. Ecology of the sundays river Part I. Water chemistry. Hydrobiologia 36, 479–488 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039801
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