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Karoo National Park
- Area
- 845 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- South African National Parks
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 660 distinct species · 94 910 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Karoo National Park : 15 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
143,1km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 251km²
Discharge in basins
0,5m³/s
Mean precip.
210mm/an
Mean T°
16,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,86
Mean runoff
12mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 005m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Leeusub-area2 250,9 km²overlap649.76 km²77%
- Bassin de Gamka Riversub-area591,7 km²overlap102.15 km²12%
- Bassin de Gamka Riversub-area194,5 km²overlap63.92 km²8%
- Bassin de Sakriviersub-area1 326,6 km²overlap24.08 km²3%
- Bassin de Oukloofsub-area520,9 km²overlap4.76 km²1%
- Bassin de Lemoenfonteinsub-area195,4 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Leeuord 4len here43.89 km25%total174 km
- Klipplaatfontein se Rivierord 3len here38.39 km68%total57 km
- Sandord 2len here31.03 km55%total56 km
- Doringhoekord 1len here14.93 km100%total15 km
- Gamka Riverord 5len here8.24 km2%total462 km
- Lemoenfonteinord 2len here6.60 km52%total13 km
- Droërivierord 3len here≈ tangenttotal25 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
- -32.25400, 22.29517
- 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.