Loskop Dam Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve · 1954
236 km²
District Municipality · ZAF
South Africa
Species observed
6 176
Observations
747 251
Area
16 758,3km²
Sample of 32 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).
Tissu écologique de Nkangala : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.2%, 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).
6 176 distinct species · 747 251 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Mean T°
16,2°C
Annual rain
734mm
Warmest m°
25,2°C
Coldest m°
3,2°C
Elevation: 1 518 m on average (min 900 m, max 2 231 m)
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
pH H₂O
6,0
Org. C
14,9g/kg
Clay
26,2%
Sand
60,7%
Silt
13,1%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiM
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
1 528,6km
Lake surface here
96,11km²
Basins crossed
43
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
12 364km²
Discharge in basins
47,7m³/s
Mean precip.
725mm/an
Mean T°
16,1°C
Moisture idx
-0,51
Mean runoff
47mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 483m
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Pop. density
1hab/km²
Night light
1,0nW
Built-up
81,6%
Pesticides
44,1kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Nature Reserve · 1954
236 km²
Protected Environment · 2017
211 km²
Nature Reserve · 1996
112 km²
Nature Reserve · 1996
104 km²
Nature Reserve · 1965
94 km²
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · 2001
92 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN