Ep31 Estuaries: Garden Route National Park
Estuaries form where rivers meet the ocean. These bodies of water are full of unique species specially adapted to the mixture of fresh water draining from the land and salty seawater. Not only do estuaries provide critical habitats to the wild creatures that live, feed and breed in them, but they also offer humans ecosystem goods and services, ranging from basic human needs to supporting multi-million rand commercial operations. Estuaries are in fact, among the most biologically rich ecosystems in the world and South Africa boasts some very special ones. Ashmund heads to the garden Route National Park to bring us the wonders of some of SA’s most productive estuaries.
Estuaries form where rivers meet the ocean. These bodies of water are full of unique species specially adapted to the mixture of fresh water draining from the land and salty seawater. Not only do estuaries provide critical habitats to the wild creatures that live, feed and breed in them, but they also offer humans ecosystem goods and services, ranging from basic human needs to supporting multi-million rand commercial operations. Estuaries are in fact, among the most biologically rich ecosystems in the world and South Africa boasts some very special ones. Ashmund heads to the garden Route National Park to bring us the wonders of some of SA’s most productive estuaries.