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Tankwa Karoo National Park
- Area
- 1 091 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1986
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- Established
- 1986
- Managing authority
- South African National Parks
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 195 distinct species · 19 692 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Tankwa Karoo National Park : 25 espèces reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology9 basins · 0 lakes · 6 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
76,6km
Basins crossed
9
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
7 210km²
Discharge in basins
3,7m³/s
Mean precip.
165mm/an
Mean T°
17,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,89
Mean runoff
21mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
664m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Rhenostersub-area836,6 km²overlap364.35 km²33%
- Bassin de Bosriviersub-area1 854,5 km²overlap328.86 km²30%
- Bassin de Tankwasub-area724,6 km²overlap246.53 km²23%
- Bassin de Tankwasub-area199,7 km²overlap57.25 km²5%
- Bassin de Tankwasub-area1 187,2 km²overlap37.61 km²3%
- Bassin de Doringriviersub-area358,9 km²overlap32.32 km²3%
- Bassin de Visriviersub-area875,3 km²overlap21.86 km²2%
- Bassin de Visriviersub-area437 km²overlap1.84 km²0%
- Bassin de Droëkloofriviersub-area644,7 km²overlap0.27 km²0%
Rivers / streams (6, 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
- -32.23463, 19.90053
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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.