National Park · zaf
Garden Route National Park
- Area
- 1 258 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1964
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- Established
- 1964
- Managing authority
- South African National Parks
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 366 distinct species · 24 896 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Garden Route National Park : 36 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology7 basins · 5 lakes · 40 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
215,4km
Lake surface here
10,00km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
1 827km²
Discharge in basins
2,9m³/s
Mean precip.
869mm/an
Mean T°
15,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,24
Max snow
1%
Mean runoff
136mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
395m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Keurboomsriviersub-area1 120,9 km²overlap407.08 km²32%
- Bassin de Knysna Riversub-area885,8 km²overlap331.79 km²26%
- Bassin de Storms Riversub-area1 569,2 km²overlap119.42 km²9%
- Bassin de Hoëkraalriviersub-area422,2 km²overlap76.02 km²6%
- Bassin de Kaaimans Riversub-area916,2 km²overlap27.53 km²2%
- Bassin de Kouga Riversub-area1 285,3 km²overlap9.14 km²1%
- Bassin de Kamanassiesub-area1 826,9 km²overlap0.36 km²0%
Lakes (5, top by area)
Rivers / streams (40, ord ≥ 4)
- Knysna Riverord 3len here33.68 km56%total60 km
- Palmietrivierord 3len here30.23 km82%total37 km
- Bietourivierord 2len here21.99 km52%total42 km
- Forest Creekord 2len here13.70 km100%total14 km
- Keurboomsrivierord 3len here11.30 km13%total87 km
- Gounarivierord 3len here10.14 km51%total20 km
- Hoëkraalrivierord 3len here8.54 km24%total35 km
- Homtinirivierord 2len here8.32 km36%total23 km
- Keurrivierord 2len here8.12 km100%total8 km
- Klein-Palmietrivierord 3len here7.57 km90%total8 km
- Karatararivierord 2len here6.16 km23%total27 km
- Duiwe Riverord 2len here5.85 km48%total12 km
28 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Jakkalskraal se Klooford 2len here5.68 km57%total10 km
- Wolwe Riverord 3len here4.93 km47%total11 km
- Touword 3len here4.04 km24%total17 km
- Kaaimans Riverord 3len here3.81 km15%total25 km
- Whiskey Creekord 1len here3.64 km66%total6 km
- Elands Riverord 2len here3.16 km18%total17 km
- Soutrivierord 1len here2.95 km100%total3 km
- Groot-Rooielsklooford 1len here2.73 km52%total5 km
- Kruis Riverord 1len here2.06 km16%total13 km
- Silver Riverord 1len here2.04 km43%total5 km
- Storms Riverord 2len here2.02 km8%total26 km
- Grootrivierord 2len here1.67 km17%total10 km
- Grootklooford 1len here1.64 km68%total2 km
- Bobbejaanrivierord 1len here1.52 km20%total7 km
- Langbosrivierord 1len here1.29 km100%total1 km
- Varkrivierord 2len here1.23 km9%total13 km
- Plaatrivierord 1len here0.90 km100%total1 km
- Bloukransrivierord 2len here0.89 km15%total6 km
- Kalanderklooford 2len here0.72 km77%total1 km
- Dieprivierord 1len here0.70 km4%total19 km
- Kliprivierord 1len here0.69 km100%total1 km
- Matjiesrivierord 1len here0.37 km4%total9 km
- Geelhoutbos Riverord 1len here0.29 km10%total3 km
- Jerling Riverord 1len here0.28 km6%total4 km
- Grootkopsrivierord 2len here0.28 km10%total3 km
- Kleinbos Riverord 1len here0.24 km2%total10 km
- Elandsbos Riverord 1len here0.10 km1%total15 km
- Lottering Riverord 1len here≈ tangenttotal13 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
- -33.86020, 23.51560
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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.