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Kate Rowntree
Researcher at Rhodes University
Publications - 65
Citations - 1374
Kate Rowntree is an academic researcher from Rhodes University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sediment & Erosion. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 65 publications receiving 1195 citations.
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Topographic thresholds in gully development on the hillslopes of communal areas in Ngqushwa Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between the spatial distribution of gully erosion and topographic thresholds in the form of slope angle, position and configuration, as well as land use change and abandoned lands were examined in several affected catchments of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
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The relationship between land use and soil erosion in the communal lands near Peddie town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
V. Kakembo,Kate Rowntree +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the origins and development of severe forms of erosion are traced in the communal villages located in a part of the dividing ridge between the Great Fish and Keiskamma rivers near Peddie town, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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Debunking the myth of overgrazing and soil erosion
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the recent debate from the ecological literature as background to the debate on overgrazing and soil erosion and concluded that the need to view dryland grazing systems as dynamic ecosystems driven more by rainfall events than by livestock numbers.
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The geography of South Africa in a changing world
Roddy Fox,Kate Rowntree +1 more
TL;DR: Geography of South Africa as mentioned in this paper gathers together a wide range of spatial studies in both human and physical geography and is divided into four sections: geography in time, human geography, physical geography, and people and the environment.
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Vegetation controls on channel stability in the Bell River, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Kate Rowntree,Evan S. J. Dollar +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effect of vegetation on channel form and stability over a 17 km stretch of channel and found that riparian vegetation increases bank stability and reduces channel cross-sectional area, thereby inducing stability at flows less than bank full.