Forest Wilderness Area · zaf
Mdedelelo Wilderness Area
- Area
- 259 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1973
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Wilderness Area
- Established
- 1973
- Managing authority
- KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 984 distinct species · 22 066 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Mdedelelo Wilderness Area : 20 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.4%, 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).
Hydrology2 basins · 0 lakes · 11 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
38,7km
Basins crossed
2
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
4 447km²
Discharge in basins
0,7m³/s
Mean precip.
916mm/an
Mean T°
15,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,34
Mean runoff
132mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 430m
Watersheds crossing here
Rivers / streams (11, ord ≥ 4)
- Didimaord 2len here9.95 km99%total10 km
- eMhlwaziniord 1len here8.39 km100%total8 km
- Delumhlwaziniord 1len here7.06 km79%total9 km
- eMmesiniord 2len here3.20 km52%total6 km
- iNkosazanaord 1len here2.69 km100%total3 km
- Njesuthiord 2len here2.39 km15%total16 km
- Nkwaziord 3len here2.31 km28%total8 km
- Spitsberg Streamord 1len here2.18 km24%total9 km
- Thuthumiord 1len here0.50 km82%total1 km
- Ntanahlanaord 1len here≈ tangenttotal1 km
- Mbovaneniord 1len here≈ tangenttotal2 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
- -29.04888, 29.30626
- 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.