Abstract: Reestablishment of water uptake by succulents after drought: potometric field determinations in the Richtersveld. Keywords: water Balance, drought, Transpiration, root, investigation method, Transvaal, Potometer, South Africa, Africa, Succulent plant, CAM-Type, Aizoaceae, Dicotyledones, Angiospermae, Spermatophyta, Compositae.