World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · zaf
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- Area
- 1 131 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2018
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2018
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 133 distinct species · 38 603 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains : 16 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology11 basins · 2 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
134,2km
Lake surface here
0,75km²
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
7 155km²
Discharge in basins
38,6m³/s
Mean precip.
1 068mm/an
Mean T°
17,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,24
Mean runoff
162mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 070m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lomati Riversub-area1 487,5 km²overlap223.45 km²20%
- Bassin de Mtsolisub-area295,2 km²overlap214.97 km²19%
- Bassin de Komati Riversub-area324,2 km²overlap183.46 km²16%
- Bassin de Komati Riversub-area244,9 km²overlap176.02 km²16%
- Bassin de Noordkaap Riversub-area1 667,5 km²overlap175.35 km²15%
- Bassin de Theespruitsub-area637,3 km²overlap51.18 km²5%
- Bassin de Komati Riversub-area2 247,4 km²overlap45.98 km²4%
- Bassin de Seekoeispruitsub-area823,3 km²overlap31.92 km²3%
- Bassin de Mlondozisub-area203,7 km²overlap18.33 km²2%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (2, top by area)
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Komati Riverord 4len here66.10 km9%total724 km
- Mtsoliord 3len here31.31 km100%total31 km
- Theespruitord 3len here15.65 km29%total54 km
- Seekoeispruitord 4len here12.89 km28%total45 km
- Spinifex Creekord 4len here4.44 km68%total6 km
- Mlondoziord 2len here3.27 km9%total37 km
- Kaap Riverord 3len here0.51 km1%total65 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -25.89519, 31.08414
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.