Nature Reserve · zaf
Songimvelo Game Reserve
- Area
- 553 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1983
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- Established
- 1983
- Managing authority
- Mpumalanga Tourism & Parks Agency (MTPA)
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 217 distinct species · 5 017 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 Songimvelo Game Reserve : 28 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.2%, 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).
Hydrology8 basins · 1 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
84,8km
Lake surface here
0,20km²
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
7 155km²
Discharge in basins
25,5m³/s
Mean precip.
1 138mm/an
Mean T°
17,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,18
Mean runoff
175mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 058m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Komati Riversub-area324,2 km²overlap185.79 km²34%
- Bassin de Mtsolisub-area295,2 km²overlap169.36 km²31%
- Bassin de Lomati Riversub-area1 487,5 km²overlap128.79 km²23%
- Bassin de Komati Riversub-area244,9 km²overlap32.70 km²6%
- Bassin de Mlondozisub-area203,7 km²overlap19.97 km²4%
- Bassin de Komati Riversub-area44,3 km²overlap9.26 km²2%
- Bassin de Noordkaap Riversub-area1 667,5 km²overlap4.47 km²1%
- Bassin de Komati Riversub-area1 069,5 km²overlap2.82 km²1%
Lakes (1, top by area)
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
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
- -25.97967, 30.97352
- Open in maps
- OpenStreetMap → · Satellite →
Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.