Nature Reserve · zaf
Mkuzi Game Reserve
- Area
- 333 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1912
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- Established
- 1912
- Managing authority
- KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 177 distinct species · 230 456 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 Mkuzi Game Reserve : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 16.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology6 basins · 3 lakes · 5 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
86,6km
Lake surface here
3,64km²
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
6 061km²
Discharge in basins
7,7m³/s
Mean precip.
751mm/an
Mean T°
20,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,49
Mean runoff
130mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
265m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Umsumdusisub-area1 193,3 km²overlap212.55 km²64%
- Bassin de Mkuze Riversub-area1 046,4 km²overlap93.01 km²28%
- Bassin de Mkuze Riversub-area47 km²overlap23.57 km²7%
- Bassin de Hluhluwesub-area2 720,4 km²overlap3.95 km²1%
- Bassin de Mkuze Riversub-area1 296,5 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
- Bassin de Mkuze Riversub-area422,6 km²overlap0.00 km²0%
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (5, ord ≥ 4)
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
- -27.68150, 32.26865
- 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.