Forest Wilderness Area · zaf
Groendal Wilderness Area
- Area
- 217 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1976
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Wilderness Area
- Established
- 1976
- Managing authority
- Eastern Cape Parks & Tourism Agency (ECPTA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
528 distinct species · 2 618 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Groendal Wilderness Area : 37 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 3.8%, 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).
Hydrology2 basins · 1 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
31,9km
Lake surface here
0,29km²
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
19 363km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
504mm/an
Mean T°
17,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,59
Mean runoff
66mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
257m
Watersheds crossing here
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (5, 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
- -33.71280, 25.21683
- 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.