UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve · swz
Lubombo Biosphere Reserve
- Area
- 2 478 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2019
Overview
- Designation
- UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
- Established
- 2019
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 972 distinct species · 93 383 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 Lubombo Biosphere Reserve : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 7 lakes · 16 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
253,1km
Lake surface here
3,58km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
16 768km²
Discharge in basins
80,7m³/s
Mean precip.
694mm/an
Mean T°
21,5°C
Moisture idx
-0,55
Mean runoff
139mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
267m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Lusutfusub-area1 276,5 km²overlap808.56 km²33%
- Bassin de Rio Tembesub-area2 724,6 km²overlap454.39 km²18%
- Bassin de Mbuluzanesub-area304,3 km²overlap240.60 km²10%
- Bassin de Mlawulasub-area320,8 km²overlap176.61 km²7%
- Bassin de Mbuluzanesub-area1 025,9 km²overlap166.96 km²7%
- Bassin de Rio Umbelúzisub-area501,6 km²overlap163.38 km²7%
- Bassin de Lower Usuthusub-area2 186,9 km²overlap155.10 km²6%
- Basin #07320sub-area730,3 km²overlap118.52 km²5%
- Bassin de Mbuluzi Riversub-area1 251 km²overlap113.64 km²5%
Lakes (7, top by area)
Rivers / streams (16, ord ≥ 4)
- Lusutfuord 5len here54.37 km41%total133 km
- Nyetaneord 3len here40.20 km100%total40 km
- Mbuluzaneord 4len here36.66 km31%total117 km
- Mnyameord 2len here21.28 km94%total23 km
- Mtibhlatiord 2len here20.01 km100%total20 km
- Mtsindzekwaord 3len here18.20 km37%total50 km
- Mlawulaord 4len here15.92 km35%total46 km
- Umfulangwenyaord 5len here12.63 km100%total13 km
- Palataord 1len here11.55 km100%total12 km
- Ngwavumaord 4len here8.47 km4%total197 km
- Rio Tumbulumundoord 1len here7.70 km35%total22 km
- Great Usutuord 5len here2.16 km13%total17 km
4 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- -26.48418, 32.00435
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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.