iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area · 2019
10 711 km²
Province · zaf
South Africa
Species observed
26 937
Observations
5 629 949
Area
93 282,9km²
Sample of 20 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).
Tissu écologique de KwaZulu-Natal : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.9%, 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).
26 937 distinct species · 5 629 949 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
17,9°C
Annual rain
893mm
Warmest m°
26,4°C
Coldest m°
6,8°C
Elevation: 859 m on average (min -98 m, max 3 322 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
5,9
Org. C
22,4g/kg
Clay
31,7%
Sand
47,6%
Silt
20,7%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
10 255,8km
Lake surface here
773,11km²
Basins crossed
142
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
30 280km²
Discharge in basins
1 589,2m³/s
Mean precip.
869mm/an
Mean T°
17,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,36
Mean runoff
197mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
865m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
0,5nW
Built-up
96,4%
Pesticides
19,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Marine Protected Area · 2019
10 711 km²
Conservation and Development Area · 2001
6 324 km²
Environmental Protection Area · 2019
5 732 km²
Marine Protected Area · 2019
4 099 km²
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · 1999
3 977 km²
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · 2019
2 478 km²
+ 40 protected areas (top 60 shown)
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN