Dr Yoav Eytam

Geomorphological Research

Field notes on the 
GEOMORPHOLOGY,  HYDROLOGY and ARCHAEOLOGY
Between CAPE AGULHAS and CAPE INFANTA

Chapter N – De Hoop Vlei

n. de hoop vlei Gorge

Contents

N1. Overview
N2. Morphology
N3. Bathymetry
N4. Die Mond
N5. Geology
N6. Evidence of tectonics
N7a. Karst landforms – Overview
N7b. Karst landforms – Guano Cave
N8a. Hydrology – De Hoop Vlei – Overview
N8b. Hydrology – De Hoop Vlei – Course and outlet – 19th centuary
N8c. Hydrology – De Hoop Vlei – Water levels – 1900 – 1960
N8c1. Hydrology – De Hoop Vlei – Flash flood of 1957
N8d. De Hoop Vlei -Water levels – 1960-2020
N8d1. Hydrology – De Hoop Vlei – Floods of 2007 and 2014
N8e1. Hydrology – De Hoop Vlei – Flash flood of May 2021
N8e2. Hydrology – De Hoop Vlei – Water levels 2021-2022
N8f. Hydrology – Fountains
N8g. Hydrology – Disappearing vlei
N9a. Archaeology -Dams and canals
N9b. Archaeology – Ruins
N9c. Roads, dykes and stonewalls

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