Ontologia

World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · bwa

Okavango Delta

IUCN Not Applicable20 443 km²Established 2014
Key facts
Area
20 443 km²
IUCN cat.
Not Applicable
Year
2014

Overview

Designation
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
Established
2014
Managing authority
Not Reported

Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).

Species present

3 018 distinct species · 338 984 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Okavango Delta : 17 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
22
Interactions affichées
21
Connectance
0.091
Patrimoniales
2
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydrology43 basins · 50 lakes · 15 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Stream length here

654,4km

Lake surface here

28,70km²

Basins crossed

43

Max stream order

7

Max drainage

251 265km²

Discharge in basins

830,2m³/s

Mean precip.

468mm/an

Mean T°

22,2°C

Moisture idx

-0,75

Mean runoff

18mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

958m

Watersheds crossing here

34 more basins

Lakes (50, top by area)

41 more lakes

Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10

Location

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Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)

Centroid
-19.15078, 23.04948
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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.