Buffels River (Northern Cape)
Buffels Asubɔnten yɛ asubɔnten a ɛsen bere tiaa bi pɛ wɔ osutɔ akyi na ɛyɛ kusuu afe fã kɛse no ara. Ɛwɔ Northern Cape mantam mu wɔ South Africa. Ɛsen fa Namaqualand mantam a ɛhɔ yɛ kusuu no mu na mpɛn pii no ɛsen kɔ atɔe fam kɔ Atlantic Po no mu a ɛbɛn Kleinzee. Asubɔnten no yɛ nsuo a ɛsen a ɛnyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ koraa, ɛgyina osuo a ɛtɔ wɔ mmerɛ bi mu wɔ ne nsuo a ɛtwa mu no so titire[1].
Adesua ne basin
[sesa]Buffels Asubɔnten no fi ase wɔ Northern Cape mmepɔw a ɛwɔ asase mu no so na ɛsen fa Namaqualand kɔ atɔe fam, ɛfa nkurow te sɛ Springbok, Nababeep, ne Okiep ansa na adu Atlantic mpoano a ɛbɛn Kleinzee, baabi a ebetumi ayɛ bere tiaa mu asubɔnten wɔ nsuyiri bere mu. Asubɔnten no nyinaa tenten bɛyɛ kilomita 250 (akwansin 160). Wɔ ne fam no, asubɔnten no taa yɛ kusuu na osu kɛse atɔ akyi nkutoo na ɛsen. Ɛyɛ bere tiaa mu de kɛse, ɛsen katee wɔ nsukyiri a ntɛmntɛm ne osu kɛse mu, na ɛkɔ so yɛ kusuu koraa afe no fã kɛse no ara.[2][3][4]
Nsu ho nimdeɛ
[sesa]Buffels Asubɔnten no yɛ asubɔnten a ɛtra hɔ bere tiaa bi a osu atɔ akyi nkutoo na ɛsen. Ɛma nsuo kɔ beaeɛ a nsuo a ɛtwa mu bɛyɛ 9,000–9,500 km2 na ɛgyina austral awɔberɛ mu osuo a ɛtɔ wɔ May ne September ntam so titire, ɛwom sɛ nsuo a ɛtwa mu no apueeɛ fam no nya ahohuru berɛ mu osuo a ɛbata aprannaa ho.[5] Osu a ɛtɔ wɔ ɔmantam no mu no yɛ mm 100 kosi mm 300 afe biara, na ɛma asubɔnten no taa nya nsuyiri a ɛba ntɛmntɛm na osu bere tenten di akyi.[6] Nsuyiri dodow no ara ba wɔ awɔw bere mu osutɔ bere mu, ɛwom sɛ awɔw bere mu osu a ɛtɔ bere ne bere mu no betumi ama nsuyiri a ɛba ntɛmntɛm de.[7]
Asase Ho Adesua ne Nneɛma a Atwa Yɛn Ho Ahyia
[sesa]Asubɔnten no sen fa Namaqualand asase ho mantam a tete granite, gnesis, ne abotan a ɛyɛ metamorphic na ɛwɔ hɔ kɛse no mu. Ɔmantam no yɛ beae a ɛhɔ yɛ kusuu fã bi a afifide kakraa bi na ɛwɔ hɔ a ɛyɛ nea ɛfata ɔpɛ tebea. Esiane sɛ asase no mu nnɔ na abotan wɔ hɔ nti, entumi nkora nsu pii so, enti osutɔ nsu sen ntɛmntɛm bere a osu atɔ akyi.[8][9]
- ↑ "Hydrological response of a dryland ephemeral river to southern African climatic variability during the last millennium", Quaternary Research (in American English), vol. 75, no. 3, 2011-05-01, doi:10.1016/j.yqre, ISSN 0033-5894, retrieved 2026-06-23
- ↑ SDSU Geological Sciences - Thesis - Steven Stuart, 2008-10-15, retrieved 2026-06-23
- ↑ J. van Gend, M. L. Francis, A. P. Watson, L. Palcsu, A. Horváth, P. H. Macey, P. le Roux, C. E. Clarke, J. A. Miller (2021-03-25), "Saline groundwater in the Buffels River catchment, Namaqualand, South Africa: A new look at an old problem", Science of The Total Environment, vol. 762, p. 143140, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143140, ISSN 0048-9697, retrieved 2026-06-23
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Hydrological response of a dryland ephemeral river to southern African climatic variability during the last millennium", Quaternary Research (in American English), vol. 75, no. 3, 2011-05-01, doi:10.1016/j.yqre, ISSN 0033-5894, retrieved 2026-06-23
- ↑ G. Benito, B. A. Botero, V. R. Thorndycraft, M. Rico, Y. Sánchez-Moya, A. Sopeña, M. J. Machado, O. Dahan (2011-04-08), "Rainfall-runoff modelling and palaeoflood hydrology applied to reconstruct centennial scale records of flooding and aquifer recharge in ungauged ephemeral rivers", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (in English), vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1185–1196, doi:10.5194/hess-15-1185-2011, ISSN 1027-5606, retrieved 2026-06-23
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Fig. 1. The Buffels River catchment illustrating the drainage network... (in English), retrieved 2026-06-23
- ↑ G. Benito, B. A. Botero, V. R. Thorndycraft, M. Rico, Y. Sánchez-Moya, A. Sopeña, M. J. Machado, O. Dahan (2011-04-08), "Rainfall-runoff modelling and palaeoflood hydrology applied to reconstruct centennial scale records of flooding and aquifer recharge in ungauged ephemeral rivers", Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (in English), vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1185–1196, doi:10.5194/hess-15-1185-2011, ISSN 1027-5606, retrieved 2026-06-23
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Research Portal, retrieved 2026-06-23
- ↑ "Hydrological response of a dryland ephemeral river to southern African climatic variability during the last millennium", Quaternary Research (in American English), vol. 75, no. 3, 2011-05-01, doi:10.1016/j.yqre, ISSN 0033-5894, retrieved 2026-06-23