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Estuary event details
Estuary Barham River Estuary
Region Corangamite CMA
Event type Estuary Entrance Opening
Date and time 3 May 2013 08:10am
Description The Barham river mouth closed on 24/04/2013; the next day the estuary water height was 1.16mAHD and the berm clearance 0.27metres. On the 27th and 28th of April high High tides and large swell flooded the estuary with seawater. In 31 hours the estuary height went from1.36m to 1.76m. The berm still had good clearance of 0.28m.
The estuary height continued to rise with river flow and some seawater. At 08.10 on the 03/05/2013 the estuary height was 1.9mAHD and the berm clearance 0.3m meaning the estuary water height needed to reach 2.2m before a natural river mouth opening was possible. On the 3rd during the day the river mouth was artificially opened and at 17.25 the estuary height was 1.02m.
13.45 on 28/04/2013: Sea filling up estuary
Sea filling up estuary
10.40 BmP3 on29/04/2013: The river mouth berm is high and wide from the large swell with high high tides.
The river mouth berm is high and wide from the large swell with high high tides.
Sea filling up estuary
The river mouth berm is high and wide from the large swell with high high tides.
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