Nature Reserve · zaf
Blyderivierspoort Nature Reserve
- Area
- 457 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1965
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- Established
- 1965
- Managing authority
- Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency (MTPA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
3 413 distinct species · 49 809 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 Blyderivierspoort Nature Reserve : 10 espèces reliées par 6 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 13.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 1 lakes · 8 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
76,4km
Lake surface here
2,27km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
52 668km²
Discharge in basins
4,5m³/s
Mean precip.
852mm/an
Mean T°
18,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,41
Mean runoff
116mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
982m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Blyde Riversub-area834,3 km²overlap162.55 km²36%
- Bassin de Sand Riversub-area1 929,9 km²overlap71.42 km²16%
- Bassin de Klaserie Riversub-area2 704,6 km²overlap66.72 km²15%
- Bassin de Ohrigstadriviersub-area390 km²overlap66.42 km²15%
- Bassin de Maritesub-area467,5 km²overlap29.78 km²7%
- Bassin de Blyde Riversub-area252,2 km²overlap28.69 km²6%
- Bassin de Sabie Riversub-area786,9 km²overlap15.68 km²3%
- Bassin de Sandspruitsub-area364,8 km²overlap15.60 km²3%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (8, ord ≥ 4)
- Blyde Riverord 4len here33.45 km18%total189 km
- Ohrigstad Riverord 3len here28.78 km92%total31 km
- Belverdere Creekord 2len here5.38 km100%total5 km
- Mac Mac Riverord 1len here3.60 km17%total21 km
- Mohlomobeord 1len here2.19 km45%total5 km
- Treur Riverord 2len here1.63 km8%total22 km
- Motlasediord 2len here0.99 km7%total15 km
- Lisbon Riverord 2len here0.40 km3%total13 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
- -24.74286, 30.90606
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.