Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · zwe
Driefontein Grasslands
- Area
- 1 998 km²
- IUCN cat.
- IV
- Year
- 2013
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- IV · Aire d'habitats / espèces
Gestion active pour maintenir habitats / espèces particuliers
- Established
- 2013
- Managing authority
- Gutu, Chikomba , Chirumanzu Rural District Councils
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
468 distinct species · 1 865 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Driefontein Grasslands : 12 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 9 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 5 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
131,9km
Lake surface here
1,95km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
3 490km²
Discharge in basins
4,8m³/s
Mean precip.
704mm/an
Mean T°
18,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,54
Mean runoff
89mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 369m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Sebakwesub-area1 565,7 km²overlap981.18 km²49%
- Basin #13260sub-area1 700,5 km²overlap432.53 km²22%
- Basin #02400sub-area417 km²overlap148.45 km²7%
- Bassin de Sebakwesub-area898 km²overlap132.53 km²7%
- Bassin de Nyazvidzi Riversub-area575,3 km²overlap118.18 km²6%
- Bassin de Munyati Riversub-area1 318,2 km²overlap107.39 km²5%
- Bassin de Sote Riversub-area3 489,5 km²overlap52.73 km²3%
- Basin #13250sub-area1 183,4 km²overlap19.83 km²1%
- Basin #17630sub-area2 574,9 km²overlap4.89 km²0%
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (2, 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
- -19.17177, 30.78818
- 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.