Ontologia

World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · unk

iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park

IUCN Not Applicable3 977 km²Established 1999
Key facts
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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

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).

Espèces affichées
18
Interactions affichées
14
Connectance
0.091
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

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

Lakes (50, top by area)

41 more lakes

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
-27.20046, 32.82154
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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.