Chakwenga Headwaters and the Nyabutaye Peat Bog: image 6

The water is clear and stained brown by tannin secreted by the vegetation. Such ‘black water’ is sterile, almost devoid of nutrients and animal life.

Photographer :MG Bingham
Date: No date
Description: The water is clear and stained brown by tannin secreted by the vegetation. Such ‘black water’ is sterile, almost devoid of nutrients and animal life.
Altitude: 1080
Grid reference:
Latitude and longitude: -15.150950 29.354130

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Location details: individual images: Chakwenga Headwaters and the Nyabutaye Peat Bog image6.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/location-image.php?location_id=171&image_id=6, retrieved 28 March 2024

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