Forest Wilderness Area · zaf
Mzimkulu Wilderness Area
- Area
- 285 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1979
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Wilderness Area
- Established
- 1979
- Managing authority
- KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 231 distinct species · 19 098 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Mzimkulu Wilderness Area : 26 espèces reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.7%, 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).
Hydrology7 basins · 0 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
37,0km
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
2
Max drainage
1 364km²
Discharge in basins
3,3m³/s
Mean precip.
980mm/an
Mean T°
13,3°C
Moisture idx
-0,24
Mean runoff
283mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 715m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Umzimkulu Riversub-area871,3 km²overlap174.95 km²61%
- Bassin de Pholelasub-area404 km²overlap51.68 km²18%
- Bassin de Gungununusub-area1 364,1 km²overlap40.67 km²14%
- Bassin de Mkhomazanasub-area327,4 km²overlap17.25 km²6%
- Bassin de Linakeng Riversub-area819,1 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Tseolike Riversub-area809,7 km²overlap0.08 km²0%
- Bassin de Mashai Riversub-area340,5 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Rivers / streams (7, ord ≥ 4)
- Pholelaord 3len here9.54 km11%total89 km
- Mzimkuluord 3len here7.99 km34%total23 km
- Mzimude Riverord 2len here5.81 km19%total30 km
- Mzimkhulwanaord 1len here4.22 km26%total16 km
- Boesmansrivierord 1len here3.54 km46%total8 km
- Mlambonjaord 2len here3.20 km17%total18 km
- Mkhomazanaord 4len here2.70 km4%total75 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
- -29.73598, 29.17979
- 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.