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Estuary event details
Estuary Barham River Estuary
Region Corangamite CMA
Event type Weather Event
Date and time 11 August 2010 11:25am
Description A Southerly storm with large swell on top of a high tide of 1 metre AHD combined with a rain/river flood. The Paradise river gauge was observed at 2 metres giving a river flow consistent with a 1 in 5 year flood event. The Barham Catchment was already saturated, the rain runoff caused many slips in the Catchment and the floodwaters carried a high sediment load. The floodwaters gouged out the river mouth and 200 metres of the berm upstream from the river mouth.
BmP2 at 13.05: River flood 1.84metres AHD and waves coming over berm opposite.
River flood 1.84metres AHD and waves coming over berm opposite.
12/8/2010 at 13.26 from BmP2: The fishing platform is covered by 10cms of sediment and surrounded.
The fishing platform is covered by 10cms of sediment and surrounded.
BmP1 River mouth at 11.25: Waves in and floodwaters out leaving logs stationary at the river mouth.
Waves in and floodwaters out leaving logs stationary at the river mouth.
River flood 1.84metres AHD and waves coming over berm opposite.
The fishing platform is covered by 10cms of sediment and surrounded.
Waves in and floodwaters out leaving logs stationary at the river mouth.
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