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Spioenkop Public Resort Nature Reserve

IUCN Not Reported38 km²Established 1975
Key facts
Area
38 km²
IUCN cat.
Not Reported
Year
1975

Overview

Designation
Nature Reserve
Established
1975
Managing authority
KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board

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

Species present

498 distinct species · 8 235 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 20 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 Spioenkop Public Resort Nature Reserve : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
20
Interactions affichées
15
Connectance
0.079
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

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

Hydrology1 basins · 1 lakes · 2 rivers

Hydrology metrics for this exact territory

Stream length here

23,0km

Lake surface here

13,45km²

Basins crossed

1

Max stream order

4

Max drainage

4 447km²

Discharge in basins

0,1m³/s

Mean precip.

918mm/an

Mean T°

15,9°C

Moisture idx

-0,34

Mean runoff

131mm/an

Mean elev. (basins)

1 414m

Watersheds crossing here

Lakes (1, top by area)

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
-28.68075, 29.47624
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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.