Rick, it's an annual process. The dam is mostly quite shallow, from
about 6m deep near the wall to about 1m near the upper reaches when it
is full. By Sept. at the end of the dry season it generally gets down to
about 20%, about 2m deep near the wall & nothing at the upper reaches.
If the annual rainfall is the normal 500 odd mm it will flll up by the
end of the rainy season in March. This season we have almost had that
already so it will stay full for many months now. In 1999/2000 when we
had close to 1100mm it was at times right over the road at the N end (in
that one photo). Hippos & Crocs will move up-steam to the dam.
Alan C
On 27-Dec-21 07:00 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
Wow. It’s amazing how the reservoir goes from a dry trickle to a brim-full lake.
Rick
On Dec 25, 2021, at 4:23 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:
We had an almighty thunderstorm (51mm) late on Thursday afternoon. A large tree
fell across powerlines causing causing a 3hr interruption but it was worth the
inconvenience for the rain. Yesterday we visited nearby Sable Dam in the Kruger
Park to discover it is now 100% full. As soon as the vegetation grows around the
edges, the waterfowl should return in droves. Here are a view looking S from the
road at the N end & a 2 frame Pano of the NW corner which is really the
headwater of one of the streams feeding the dam.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51774088733/ Scroll for the
other.
K5 & HD 18-55 WR.
Alan C
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