Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · zaf
St. Lucia System
- Area
- 1 393 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1986
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1986
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
4 409 distinct species · 188 999 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 St. Lucia System : 7 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 6 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 21.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 23 lakes · 7 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
111,2km
Lake surface here
333,84km²
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
10 051km²
Discharge in basins
45,7m³/s
Mean precip.
929mm/an
Mean T°
21,8°C
Moisture idx
-0,34
Mean runoff
213mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
52m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mkuze Riversub-area1 296,5 km²overlap640.00 km²46%
- Bassin de Hluhluwesub-area556,5 km²overlap391.12 km²28%
- Bassin de Mselenisub-area2 458,3 km²overlap149.26 km²11%
- Bassin de Hluhluwesub-area2 720,4 km²overlap125.45 km²9%
- Bassin de Mfolozi Riversub-area1 199,3 km²overlap42.65 km²3%
- Bassin de Umsumdusisub-area1 193,3 km²overlap28.69 km²2%
- Bassin de Mkuze Riversub-area47 km²overlap7.67 km²1%
- Basin #12950sub-area395,5 km²overlap6.06 km²0%
- Basin #12930sub-area1,7 km²overlap1.65 km²0%
Lakes (23, top by area)
- St. Luciaarea321,9 km²avg depth16.3 m
- Neshearea4,4 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lake Bhangaziarea2,9 km²avg depth7.9 m
- Lake #83545area2,2 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Nsumuarea1,8 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Bhangaziarea1,5 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1420170area0,8 km²avg depth4.7 m
- Lac 1420306area0,6 km²avg depth3.7 m
- Lac 1420598area0,5 km²avg depth1.1 m
14 more lakes
- Lac 1420303area0,5 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1420311area0,5 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1420325area0,4 km²avg depth1.7 m
- Lac 1420594area0,3 km²avg depth0.8 m
- Lac 1420291area0,3 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1420602area0,2 km²avg depth1.1 m
- Lac 1420600area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1420846area0,2 km²avg depth1.6 m
- Lac 1420604area0,2 km²avg depth0.7 m
- Lac 1420873area0,2 km²avg depth0.9 m
- Lac 1420803area0,2 km²avg depth1.0 m
- Lac 1420863area0,1 km²avg depth0.5 m
- Lac 1420786area0,1 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1420673area0,1 km²avg depth0.7 m
Rivers / streams (7, 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
- -27.99328, 32.46592
- 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.