World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · unk
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
- Area
- 3 977 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 1999
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 1999
- Managing authority
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
8 967 distinct species · 274 661 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology11 basins · 50 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
88,9km
Lake surface here
484,68km²
Basins crossed
11
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
30 280km²
Discharge in basins
44,8m³/s
Mean precip.
885mm/an
Mean T°
22,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,38
Mean runoff
189mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
45m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mselenisub-area2 458,3 km²overlap770.45 km²19%
- Bassin de Mkuze Riversub-area1 296,5 km²overlap620.66 km²16%
- Basin #12830sub-area2 169,8 km²overlap465.07 km²12%
- Bassin de Hluhluwesub-area556,5 km²overlap391.12 km²10%
- Basin #12820sub-area145,1 km²overlap139.74 km²4%
- Bassin de Hluhluwesub-area2 720,4 km²overlap123.89 km²3%
- Bassin de Mfolozi Riversub-area1 199,3 km²overlap13.04 km²0%
- Basin #12950sub-area395,5 km²overlap6.18 km²0%
- Basin #12930sub-area1,7 km²overlap1.65 km²0%
2 more basinssorted by overlap
Lakes (50, top by area)
- St. Luciaarea321,9 km²avg depth16.3 m
- Sibayiarea61,3 km²avg depth11.5 m
- Kosimeerarea30,5 km²avg depth13.8 m
- Lagoa Pitiarea29,1 km²avg depth15.3 m
- Lagoa Chingutearea8,3 km²avg depth6.2 m
- Lagoa Maundoarea6,1 km²avg depth7.1 m
- Neshearea4,4 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lago Uanamboarea4,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lago Dahuínearea3,8 km²avg depth2.2 m
41 more lakes
- Lake Bhangaziarea2,9 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lago Cháviarea1,7 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Bhangaziarea1,5 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lake #83286area1,4 km²avg depth1.0 m
- aManzamnyamaarea1,3 km²avg depth4.3 m
- KuShengezaarea1,3 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lago Mubanséarea1,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lago Zuáliarea1 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1419288area1 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1419134area0,8 km²avg depth2.0 m
- Lac 1419295area0,8 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1420170area0,8 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1419719area0,7 km²avg depth4.1 m
- Lac 1419203area0,6 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1420306area0,6 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1419216area0,6 km²avg depth1.5 m
- Lac 1420598area0,5 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1420303area0,5 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1419458area0,5 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1420311area0,5 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1419186area0,5 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1419218area0,4 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1419365area0,4 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lac 1420594area0,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1419271area0,3 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1419526area0,3 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1420291area0,3 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1419322area0,3 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1419353area0,3 km²avg depth3.2 m
- Lac 1419190area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1419187area0,2 km²avg depth1.2 m
- Lac 1420602area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1420600area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1419361area0,2 km²avg depth3.9 m
- Lac 1420846area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1419152area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1419315area0,2 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1420604area0,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1419376area0,2 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1420803area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1420873area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
Rivers / streams (6, 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
- -27.20046, 32.82154
- 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.