World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · unk
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
- Area
- 2 445 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2000
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2000
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
5 307 distinct species · 273 384 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Maloti-Drakensberg Park : 22 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology17 basins · 3 lakes · 56 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
407,5km
Lake surface here
0,36km²
Basins crossed
17
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
4 447km²
Discharge in basins
16,6m³/s
Mean precip.
931mm/an
Mean T°
14,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,28
Mean runoff
192mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 610m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Tugela Riversub-area4 447,1 km²overlap633.24 km²26%
- Bassin de Bushman's Riversub-area1 940,1 km²overlap380.96 km²16%
- Bassin de Umzimkulu Riversub-area871,3 km²overlap281.07 km²11%
- Bassin de Mkomazisub-area420,1 km²overlap267.21 km²11%
- Bassin de Lothenisub-area423,5 km²overlap264.87 km²11%
- Bassin de Mooi Riversub-area2 836,8 km²overlap197.91 km²8%
- Bassin de Gungununusub-area1 364,1 km²overlap127.69 km²5%
- Bassin de Mkhomazanasub-area327,4 km²overlap92.68 km²4%
- Bassin de Pholelasub-area404 km²overlap65.92 km²3%
8 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Rooidraaisub-area280,2 km²overlap62.69 km²3%
- Bassin de Tseolike Riversub-area809,7 km²overlap62.35 km²3%
- Bassin de Mzimvubusub-area230,3 km²overlap2.50 km²0%
- Bassin de Elandsriviersub-area1 527,7 km²overlap2.39 km²0%
- Bassin de Wilge Riversub-area2 040 km²overlap1.69 km²0%
- Bassin de Senqusub-area757,5 km²overlap0.88 km²0%
- Bassin de Khubelusub-area935,4 km²overlap0.79 km²0%
- Bassin de Mokhotlongsub-area851,5 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (56, ord ≥ 4)
- Mkomaziord 4len here27.32 km8%total352 km
- Mooi Riverord 4len here21.09 km7%total306 km
- Mkhomazanaord 4len here18.57 km25%total75 km
- Lotheniord 3len here16.31 km41%total40 km
- Mqatsheniord 2len here16.15 km75%total21 km
- Ncibidwanaord 3len here15.58 km52%total30 km
- Njesuthiord 2len here15.08 km93%total16 km
- Bushmans Riverord 3len here14.32 km23%total62 km
- Pholelaord 3len here12.89 km14%total89 km
- uMlambonjaord 3len here11.82 km24%total49 km
- Mzimkuluord 3len here11.79 km50%total23 km
- Nzingaord 3len here10.41 km45%total23 km
44 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Didimaord 2len here10.05 km100%total10 km
- Nhlathimbeord 1len here9.81 km47%total21 km
- Ngwangwaneord 2len here9.56 km17%total57 km
- Martial Eagle Streamord 2len here9.36 km100%total9 km
- Mzimkhulwanaord 1len here9.27 km58%total16 km
- Delumhlwaziniord 1len here8.95 km100%total9 km
- Mlambonjaord 2len here8.76 km48%total18 km
- Tsoelikane Riverord 2len here8.43 km48%total17 km
- eMhlwaziniord 1len here8.39 km100%total8 km
- Mzimude Riverord 2len here8.01 km27%total30 km
- Boesmansrivierord 1len here7.63 km100%total8 km
- Makhosiniord 1len here7.22 km100%total7 km
- Makasiniord 2len here7.07 km100%total7 km
- Vemvaanord 1len here6.97 km89%total8 km
- Little Mooiord 2len here6.86 km43%total16 km
- Mtshezanaord 2len here6.44 km35%total19 km
- Nkwaziord 3len here6.19 km76%total8 km
- eMmesiniord 2len here6.14 km100%total6 km
- oQalweniord 2len here5.45 km100%total5 km
- Ndumeniord 1len here4.94 km100%total5 km
- Spitsberg Streamord 1len here4.80 km52%total9 km
- KwaBhodlaord 1len here4.66 km100%total5 km
- Nhlangeniord 1len here4.66 km100%total5 km
- Umtsheziord 1len here4.55 km100%total5 km
- kaNtubaord 1len here4.26 km100%total4 km
- Mtotiord 1len here4.03 km77%total5 km
- Two Dassie Streamord 1len here3.31 km100%total3 km
- Nsongeord 2len here3.06 km6%total47 km
- Tseketsekeord 2len here3.00 km100%total3 km
- iNkosazanaord 1len here2.69 km100%total3 km
- Ogawleord 1len here2.65 km100%total3 km
- Masongwane Riverord 2len here2.44 km52%total5 km
- Meander Streamord 1len here2.35 km100%total2 km
- Ka-Masihlenga Riverord 1len here2.22 km100%total2 km
- Ngodwiniord 3len here1.88 km100%total2 km
- Mbovaneniord 1len here1.85 km100%total2 km
- Tugela Riverord 6len here1.82 km0%total689 km
- Mahaiord 1len here1.39 km98%total1 km
- Sterkspruitord 3len here1.17 km2%total59 km
- Bushman's Riverord 4len here1.01 km1%total98 km
- Ntanahlanaord 1len here0.92 km100%total1 km
- Ndawanaord 1len here0.68 km3%total25 km
- Thuthumiord 1len here0.61 km100%total1 km
- Kwa Bhicaneord 1len here0.61 km100%total1 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
- -29.44299, 29.55488
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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.