Mountain Catchment Area · zaf
Klein Swartberg Mountain Catchment Area
- Area
- 326 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1978
Overview
- Designation
- Mountain Catchment Area
- Established
- 1978
- Managing authority
- Private Owners
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 299 distinct species · 8 883 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Klein Swartberg Mountain Catchment Area : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology2 basins · 0 lakes · 9 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
41,2km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
18 506km²
Discharge in basins
1,5m³/s
Mean precip.
288mm/an
Mean T°
14,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,79
Mean runoff
17mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
736m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (9, ord ≥ 4)
- Gamka Riverord 5len here9.13 km2%total462 km
- Seweweekspoortord 2len here8.56 km39%total22 km
- Buffelsklooford 1len here6.40 km31%total20 km
- Buffelsrivierord 4len here4.30 km3%total136 km
- KIeinklofieord 1len here4.02 km44%total9 km
- Kobusrivierord 1len here3.64 km29%total13 km
- Kleinbergsklooford 2len here3.16 km37%total8 km
- Diepklooford 4len here1.30 km5%total24 km
- Oshoeksgangrivierord 1len here0.73 km11%total7 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
- -33.41349, 21.39205
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.