Nature Reserve · zaf
Giant's Castle Game Reserve
- Area
- 372 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1903
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- Established
- 1903
- Managing authority
- KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 488 distinct species · 19 407 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Giant's Castle Game Reserve : 36 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology5 basins · 0 lakes · 15 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
63,2km
Basins crossed
5
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
4 447km²
Discharge in basins
1,1m³/s
Mean precip.
873mm/an
Mean T°
15,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,35
Mean runoff
117mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 429m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (15, ord ≥ 4)
- Bushmans Riverord 3len here10.53 km17%total62 km
- Martial Eagle Streamord 2len here9.36 km100%total9 km
- Njesuthiord 2len here7.38 km46%total16 km
- Makhosiniord 1len here6.18 km86%total7 km
- Makasiniord 2len here5.64 km80%total7 km
- Mtshezanaord 2len here5.34 km29%total19 km
- Umtsheziord 1len here4.55 km100%total5 km
- Ncibidwanaord 3len here3.59 km12%total30 km
- Two Dassie Streamord 1len here3.31 km100%total3 km
- Mbovaneniord 1len here1.85 km100%total2 km
- Meander Streamord 1len here1.74 km74%total2 km
- Delumhlwaziniord 1len here1.43 km16%total9 km
3 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- -29.22444, 29.48177
- 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.