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The characteristics of the Western Cape catchments as used in the study: (a) the four river catchments (Berg, Breede, Olifants and Gouritz, with red dots to indicate major dams); (b) land-use (the percentage of each land-cover type is indicated in brackets); (c) topography (Digital Elevation Model); (d) the SWAT + delineations of the catchments: streams (with streamflow observation stations), subbasin and channels; and (e) soil types
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Several studies have shown that climate change may enhance the severity of droughts over the Western Cape (South Africa) in the future, but there is a dearth of information on how to reduce the impacts of climate change on water yields. This study investigates the extent to which land-use changes can reduce the projected impacts of climate change o...
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