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Compassberg Protected Environment
- Area
- 289 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 2012
Overview
- Designation
- Protected Environment
- Established
- 2012
- Managing authority
- Eastern Cape Parks & Tourism Agency (ECPTA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
324 distinct species · 1 612 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Compassberg Protected Environment : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 1 lakes · 1 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
3,3km
Lake surface here
0,01km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
1 784km²
Discharge in basins
0,1m³/s
Mean precip.
411mm/an
Mean T°
13,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,71
Mean runoff
9mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 546m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Seekoei Riversub-area1 437,8 km²overlap168.33 km²58%
- Bassin de Bloukrans Riversub-area1 783,9 km²overlap61.93 km²21%
- Basin #47180sub-area271,6 km²overlap51.12 km²18%
- Bassin de Sundays Riversub-area1 320 km²overlap5.53 km²2%
- Bassin de Great Fish Riversub-area1 714,2 km²overlap0.83 km²0%
- Basin #45300sub-area669,2 km²overlap0.76 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (1, ord ≥ 4)
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
- -31.72075, 24.61590
- 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.