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Itala Nature Reserve
- Area
- 293 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1973
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- Established
- 1973
- Managing authority
- KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 532 distinct species · 31 681 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Itala Nature Reserve : 10 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 13.6%, 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).
Hydrology4 basins · 0 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
68,0km
Basins crossed
4
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 139km²
Discharge in basins
15,6m³/s
Mean precip.
807mm/an
Mean T°
18,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,42
Mean runoff
183mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
841m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Pongoloord 5len here18.03 km3%total638 km
- Mhulumbelaord 5len here14.18 km85%total17 km
- Ncenceniord 2len here11.89 km100%total12 km
- Mbizaneord 2len here8.43 km56%total15 km
- Mambaneord 1len here6.67 km100%total7 km
- Dakaneord 1len here4.17 km100%total4 km
- Thaluord 2len here3.34 km60%total6 km
- Ntunziord 1len here0.93 km100%total1 km
- Bivaneord 4len here0.35 km1%total62 km
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
- -27.50909, 31.28523
- 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.