A dredging operation of the sand bar at the mouth of the Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve has started as part of the necessary rehabilitation action of this estuary which is an important estuarine ...

The result is that the depth of an estuary, particularly near the mouth, tends to fluctuate between ... The strategic parts of the sand bar will be left as holding areas for the purpose of the ...

When large waves reach the mouth of a coastal estuary, they can move enough sediment to build up a sand bar—otherwise known as a sill—at the mouth. Without rain and river flows to wash the sill away, ...

A proposal to keep the Ennore estuary free of sand bar formation is awaiting funds ... At present, its mouth is only 50-75 m wide, and this often hinders tidal wave action and the free flow ...

The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given approval to construct training walls at the Pazhaverkadu estuary to stabilise the bar mouth, which often gets closed due to silting. An official ...

hence its name “River of Lakes,” until it becomes an estuary at its mouth. Estuaries are essential nursery grounds for 90 percent of the commercially important species we like to eat ...

Lane said many of these wading birds fed on weeds under the muddy areas of the estuary and because of the debris now collected around the mouth, there was no easy access to this feeding ground.

decreasing the estuary mouth breach, and reducing dry weather flow, which benefits water quality. The foundation’s plan includes increasing the wetlands area on the inland side of Coast Highway ...

looks out over the Salcombe Bar from South Sands, where the old lifeboat station still stands. A century after the tragedy the dangers of the sandy ridge at the mouth of the Salcombe estuary are ...