National Park · nzl
Nelson Lakes National Park
- Area
- 1 013 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1956
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1956
- Managing authority
- Department of Conservation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 813 distinct species · 34 178 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Nelson Lakes National Park : 32 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 64 interactions GloBI sur 6 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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 · 4 lakes · 17 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
219,2km
Lake surface here
33,43km²
Basins crossed
7
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
3 062km²
Discharge in basins
40,8m³/s
Mean precip.
2 055mm/an
Mean T°
8,1°C
Moisture idx
0,62
Max snow
27%
Mean runoff
1 253mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
880m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Buller Riversub-area3 061,5 km²overlap995.61 km²98%
- Bassin de Motueka Riversub-area2 025,1 km²overlap5.42 km²1%
- Bassin de Waiau Uwha Riversub-area731,3 km²overlap4.33 km²0%
- Bassin de Wairau Riversub-area475,7 km²overlap3.48 km²0%
- Bassin de Maruia Riversub-area1 048,5 km²overlap2.77 km²0%
- Bassin de Rainbow Riversub-area139 km²overlap1.01 km²0%
- Bassin de Waiau Toa / Clarence Riversub-area518,2 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
Lakes (4, top by area)
Rivers / streams (17, ord ≥ 4)
- D'Urville Riverord 2len here41.83 km100%total42 km
- Matakitaki Riverord 4len here28.20 km23%total121 km
- Travers Riverord 3len here21.04 km95%total22 km
- Glenroy Riverord 4len here19.16 km31%total61 km
- Sabine Riverord 2len here15.83 km100%total16 km
- Matakitaki River East Branchord 2len here14.87 km100%total15 km
- Sabine River East Branchord 2len here12.08 km100%total12 km
- Matakitaki River West Branchord 2len here11.92 km100%total12 km
- Sabine River West Branchord 1len here11.38 km100%total11 km
- Nardoo Creekord 2len here8.94 km100%total9 km
- Arnst Riverord 2len here7.91 km100%total8 km
- Whisky Creekord 3len here7.72 km97%total8 km
5 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- -42.04164, 172.62865
- 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.