Site ID: 1223 Lat. -32.6691 South Africa Western Cape
River: Sout Long. 22.9318
Site name: Rietbron Contributing area: 1516 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.07
Latest measurement: 15-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 365 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 390 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.10 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 3 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 5.1 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 732 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 691 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)       Contributing Area: 7280 sq mi 23237 sq km
(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)
Notes: Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge
Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)
(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)
2008-Present
2002-Present
Annual  Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data
Runoff
(mm) Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
337 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 157.3 4.7 5.9 21.9 147.2
161 2003 24.6 56.3 5.9 5.7 28.9 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.7 6.0 4.7 5.9
210 2004 5.9 11.0 11.0 18.3 5.9 27.5 15.7 5.9 26.3 7.7 22.8 52.6
713 2005 17.7 223.5 130.6 152.5 62.6 5.7 0.6 5.9 5.7 5.9 83.4 19.2
370 2006 90.2 14.8 5.9 14.9 45.7 11.5 85.0 89.4 5.7 6.6 0.0 0.0
368 2007 5.9 19.0 72.8 34.6 11.9 5.7 9.9 5.9 5.7 31.0 106.2 59.7
390 2008 32.8 5.5 82.1 5.7 35.2 108.9 18.3 75.8 5.7 7.9 6.0 5.9
786 2009 175.7 99.7 23.8 220.9 25.4 21.7 5.9 7.8 5.7 149.1 50.6 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.