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There are no surface rivers importing water into the system hence is is dependent on local rainfall for recharge, making it sensitive to changes in rainfall patterns. The site incorporates lake Sibaya, South Africa\u0027s largest freshwater lake, which falls within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, World heritage site and is a RAMSAR site. The region is typified by impoverished and vulnerable  communities , with few sources of income. SAEON has instrumented the ground water catchment and its boundaries with raingauges, weather stations, surface renewal systems and  an eddy covariance tower.  We are also monitoring ground water levels in a number of established monitoring wells. Using a social ecological systems approached, and focused on co-learning,  we have developed strong relations with three local communities within the area. The intention is to attract collaborators wishing to co locate instruments as well as perform multidisciplinary work or simply collaborate. 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Most landscape features areaquifer-dependent ecosystems (Taylor et al. 2006, Colvin et al. 2007, Botha 2015).  The highest area in the region is the coastal dune cordon which reaches approximately 170 m AMSL.\r\nThe primary aquifer consists of variably weathered deep sands that overlie the impermeable cretaceous layer (Botha 2015).  Some of the deeper sands have experienced marine transgression \u201cwash-overs\u201d, that caused deposition such as the Port Dunford formation, which is thought to have been deposited at the last marine high stand about 120 000 BP (Miller, 1998).  Planation is evident which coincides with marine regressions (sea level drops), the latest of which was at the Last Glacial Maximum, and lasted from 120 000 BP until about 18 000 BP with sea levels dropping to -130 m.  The aeolian Kosi Bay formation is thought to have accumulated on top of the Port Dunford between about 100 000 to 45 000 BP.  The more recent KwaMbonambi formation (typified by redistributed aeolian sands) accumulated on top of the Kosi formation during a wet period which saw the development of wetlands and lakes in the region (approximately 43 500 to 25 000 BP) with evidence of a large proto Lake Sibaya around 43 000 BP.  This breached the coastal dune barrier between 24 000-18 000 BP (when sea levels were -130 m), which eroded some of these older layers away, and scoured the basin more than 40 m below m.s.l.  (Miller 1998).  Subsequently in the Holocene, with the stabilisation of sea levels, lagoon conditions arose, which brought in marine sediments and significant aeolian deposits (15-20 m thick).  There is also evidence of significantly reworked younger sediments.  The coastal barrier re-stabilised around 5 610 BP to 5 030 BP and Lake Sibaya slowly started to fill with a slow transition from saline to fresh water conditions (Miller 1998).  Within the last 5 000 years the coastal dune barrier has accumulated sediment, which elevated the dunes from a shallow sand bare to dunes over 166 m a.m.s.l.  Lake Sibaya itself is considered relatively stable, with little input of water or sediment from beyond the catchment boundary (Miller, 1998).","hydrology":"The site falls within Quaternary catchment W70A forms part of the nationally important Zululand Coastal Plain groundwater Strategic Water Source Area (SWSA) (Le Maitre et al. 2018). It is a functionally interconnected aquifer that resulted from a unique geological and evolutionary history.  It includes the Kosi Lakes, Lake Sibaya and Mgobolzeleni systems.  These systems have interconnected yet distinguishable groundwater catchment recharge zones at local scales that shift depending on the level of the groundwater table (Bate et al. 2016, Kelbe 2020).  Of all the freshwater lakes in South Africa, the largest is Lake Sibaya (Kelbe and Germishusye 2010; Smithers et al. 2017).  It is approximately 20 m above mean sea level (a.m.s.l.) when \u201cfull\u201d with a maximum depth of 40 m.\r\nRainfall infiltrates the sandy system, with little overland flow, percolating vertically downwards to recharge the groundwater table (Weitz 2016).  Groundwater flows from the recharge areas down the groundwater gradient towards the discharge boundaries, such as the wetland and lake systems, which intersect the groundwater table.","soils":"The predominantly sandy substrate of the region renders soils nutrient-poor with low agricultural potential","vegetation":"The study area falls within the Indian Ocean Coastal Belt Biome (IOCBB) and the \u201cMaputaland-Pondoland-Albany hotspot\u201d, considered to be one of Africa\u0027s most important biodiversity hotspots and centres of endemism (Van Wyk et al. 2001, Mucina et al. 2006, Smith et al. 2008, Dayaram et al. 2019). Significant uses include protected areas, commercial plantation forestry, natural resources areas outside of protected areas (indigenous forests, wetlands, and grasslands), settlements, and cultivation. \r\nAitken and Gale (1921) conducted the first botanical survey, and noted that the region was \u0022unoccupied by white settlers,\u0022 except for the Mseleni Mission Station.  The area was rich in wetlands with lakes and lagoons, and they observed how a slight terrain drop led to numerous vleis and bogs, especially towards the coast (Aitken and Gale 1921).  Their descriptions revealed a landscape with a high-water table and an abundant groundwater resource.\r\nThe dominant land cover was sand veld consisting of open grasslands dotted with \u201cilala\u201d palm, relatively absent of tree forms other than scattered tree clumps which were more common towards the coast (Aitken and Gale 1921).  They noted a diverse herbaceous flora, rich with bulbs, corms, tubers and \u201cother such like storage organs\u201d (Aitken and Gale 1921).  Thicker bush was noted along streams like the Mseleni.  The \u0022Manguzi Bush\u0022 and the forest around the southern end of Kosi Lake were the only two true forests noted (Aitken and Gale, 1921).  \r\nTinley and Van Riet (1981) synthesised all available information for the region and included maps of vegetation and major ecosystems.  Their results provide an indication of a more wooded landscape compared to the early 1900\u2019s.  This trend in increased woody vegetation is evident when aerial photographs from 1942 to 1957 are compared.  By 2023 this woody encroachment is even more evident.\r\n\r\nTerrestrial diversity is extremely rich with \u003E2500 vascular plant species (Moll, 1980, Van Wyk and Smith, 2001) which occur in a mosaic of ecosystems and ecological zones.  In addition to the diverse template of terrestrial ecosystems (grassland, thicket, and forest) there are many types of aquatic communities, with an exceptional diversity of wetlands (Kramer 2003, Grundling et al. 2013a, 2018, Grundling 2014, Gabriel et al. 2018).  Notably, the region is one of the richest areas with respect to wetlands in the country.  Peatlands (wetlands containing accumulated deposits of organic matter) are locally common on the MCP, and account for 60% of all South Africa\u2019s peat resources (Grundling et al. 2016).\r\nThe region\u2019s diversity is attributed, in part, to the fact that it is a transition zone between the tropics and the subtropics, which reflects a mixing point of biota from the subtropical, the temperate south and west, and the tropical north (Aitken and Gale 1921, Lawrence 1947, Bruton and Cooper 1980, Perera et al. 2021).  \r\n"},"geographic":{"boundaries":"POLYGON ((32.861303 -26.95147, 32.641503 -26.956366, 32.364005 -27.186259, 32.333782 -27.454682, 32.454673 -27.749194, 32.60029 -27.749194, 32.674473 -27.535082, 32.77613 -27.261971, 32.861303 -26.95147))","coordinates":"POINT (32.537705 -27.374054)","country":["South 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