RHP South African
River Health Programme
State of the Rivers Report
Crocodile, Sabie-Sand & Olifants
River Systems

Climate zone 518: mean annual rainfall 645.1mm

Temperature regime

Month min oC max oC
January 13.524.3
February 13.023.7
March 12.123.0
April 8.720.5
May 5.218.9
June 2.716.5
July 2.416.6
August 5.119.0
September8.022.1
October 10.123.2
November 11.622.8
December 12.624.0
MC Dent, RE Schulze, GR Angus (1988): Crop water requirements, deficits and water yeild for irrigation planning in Southern Africa. Water Research Commission report number 118/1/88
MC Dent, SD Lynch, RE Schulze, AW Seed, HMM Wills (1989): Mapping mean annual and other rainfall statistics over Southern Africa. Water Research Commission report number 109/1/89
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