Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · zaf
Natal Drakensberg Park
- Area
- 2 249 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1997
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1997
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 550 distinct species · 185 803 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 Natal Drakensberg Park : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 8.1%, 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).
Hydrology15 basins · 1 lakes · 50 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
353,7km
Lake surface here
0,05km²
Basins crossed
15
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
4 447km²
Discharge in basins
15,9m³/s
Mean precip.
937mm/an
Mean T°
14,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,28
Mean runoff
196mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 603m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Tugela Riversub-area4 447,1 km²overlap535.39 km²24%
- Bassin de Bushman's Riversub-area1 940,1 km²overlap367.85 km²16%
- Bassin de Umzimkulu Riversub-area871,3 km²overlap288.57 km²13%
- Bassin de Lothenisub-area423,5 km²overlap281.93 km²13%
- Bassin de Mkomazisub-area420,1 km²overlap266.01 km²12%
- Bassin de Mooi Riversub-area2 836,8 km²overlap166.27 km²7%
- Bassin de Gungununusub-area1 364,1 km²overlap121.18 km²5%
- Bassin de Mkhomazanasub-area327,4 km²overlap95.50 km²4%
- Bassin de Pholelasub-area404 km²overlap65.93 km²3%
6 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Rooidraaisub-area280,2 km²overlap57.34 km²3%
- Bassin de Senqusub-area757,5 km²overlap1.72 km²0%
- Bassin de Tseolike Riversub-area809,7 km²overlap0.67 km²0%
- Bassin de Mokhotlongsub-area851,5 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
- Bassin de Linakeng Riversub-area819,1 km²overlap0.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Mashai Riversub-area340,5 km²overlap0.06 km²0%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (50, ord ≥ 4)
- Mkomaziord 4len here24.25 km7%total352 km
- Mooi Riverord 4len here20.12 km7%total306 km
- Mkhomazanaord 4len here17.38 km23%total75 km
- Lotheniord 3len here16.11 km41%total40 km
- Mqatsheniord 2len here14.73 km69%total21 km
- Njesuthiord 2len here13.49 km84%total16 km
- Mzimkuluord 3len here13.34 km57%total23 km
- Ncibidwanaord 3len here12.71 km42%total30 km
- Pholelaord 3len here12.66 km14%total89 km
- uMlambonjaord 3len here11.82 km24%total49 km
- Bushmans Riverord 3len here10.61 km17%total62 km
- Didimaord 2len here10.05 km100%total10 km
38 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Martial Eagle Streamord 2len here9.36 km100%total9 km
- Ngwangwaneord 2len here9.17 km16%total57 km
- Delumhlwaziniord 1len here8.95 km100%total9 km
- eMhlwaziniord 1len here8.39 km100%total8 km
- Mzimkhulwanaord 1len here8.34 km52%total16 km
- Nhlathimbeord 1len here8.23 km39%total21 km
- Mlambonjaord 2len here8.19 km45%total18 km
- Nzingaord 3len here7.80 km34%total23 km
- Mzimude Riverord 2len here7.64 km25%total30 km
- Boesmansrivierord 1len here7.63 km100%total8 km
- Makhosiniord 1len here7.22 km100%total7 km
- Makasiniord 2len here7.07 km100%total7 km
- eMmesiniord 2len here6.14 km100%total6 km
- oQalweniord 2len here5.45 km100%total5 km
- Nkwaziord 3len here5.32 km65%total8 km
- Mtshezanaord 2len here5.25 km28%total19 km
- Ndumeniord 1len here4.94 km100%total5 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
- Two Dassie Streamord 1len here3.31 km100%total3 km
- Tseketsekeord 2len here3.00 km100%total3 km
- Mtotiord 1len here2.96 km57%total5 km
- iNkosazanaord 1len here2.69 km100%total3 km
- Ogawleord 1len here2.65 km100%total3 km
- Spitsberg Streamord 1len here2.64 km29%total9 km
- Meander Streamord 1len here2.35 km100%total2 km
- Ka-Masihlenga Riverord 1len here2.22 km100%total2 km
- Masongwane Riverord 2len here2.15 km46%total5 km
- Little Mooiord 2len here1.94 km12%total16 km
- Ngodwiniord 3len here1.88 km100%total2 km
- Mbovaneniord 1len here1.85 km100%total2 km
- Bushman's Riverord 4len here1.01 km1%total98 km
- Ntanahlanaord 1len here0.92 km100%total1 km
- Thuthumiord 1len here0.61 km100%total1 km
- Kwa Bhicaneord 1len here0.61 km100%total1 km
- Sterkspruitord 3len here0.36 km1%total59 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
- -29.41293, 29.55105
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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.