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iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area

IUCN Not Reported10 711 km²Established 2019

Key facts

Area: 10 711 km²
IUCN cat.: Not Reported
Year: 2019

Overview

Designation: Marine Protected Area
Established: 2019
Managing authority: iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority

Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).

Species present

7 152 distinct species · 255 970 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 19 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area : 14 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.084

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology3 basins · 0 lakes · 0 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Basins crossed

Max drainage

2 458km²

Discharge in basins

0,0m³/s

Mean precip.

903mm/an

Mean T°

22,3°C

Moisture idx

-0,37

Mean runoff

190mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

42m

Watersheds crossing here

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid: -27.69027, 32.94558
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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.