Forest Wilderness Area · zaf
Upper Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
- Area
- 490 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1973
Overview
- Designation
- Forest Wilderness Area
- Established
- 1973
- Managing authority
- KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
2 428 distinct species · 64 026 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Upper Mkhomazi Wilderness Area : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology8 basins · 0 lakes · 15 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
73,7km
Basins crossed
8
Max stream order
3
Max drainage
2 837km²
Discharge in basins
4,8m³/s
Mean precip.
961mm/an
Mean T°
13,2°C
Moisture idx
-0,23
Mean runoff
231mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 757m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mkomazisub-area420,1 km²overlap202.38 km²41%
- Bassin de Lothenisub-area423,5 km²overlap159.94 km²33%
- Bassin de Mooi Riversub-area2 836,8 km²overlap49.57 km²10%
- Bassin de Mkhomazanasub-area327,4 km²overlap47.41 km²10%
- Bassin de Bushman's Riversub-area1 940,1 km²overlap30.87 km²6%
- Bassin de Rooidraaisub-area280,2 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Mokhotlongsub-area851,5 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
- Bassin de Linakeng Riversub-area819,1 km²overlap0.01 km²0%
Rivers / streams (15, ord ≥ 4)
- Mkomaziord 4len here12.03 km3%total352 km
- Mooi Riverord 4len here8.60 km3%total306 km
- Mqatsheniord 2len here7.48 km35%total21 km
- Lotheniord 3len here7.01 km18%total40 km
- Mkhomazanaord 4len here6.84 km9%total75 km
- Nhlathimbeord 1len here6.38 km31%total21 km
- Ncibidwanaord 3len here6.35 km21%total30 km
- oQalweniord 2len here5.45 km100%total5 km
- Nhlangeniord 1len here4.66 km100%total5 km
- kaNtubaord 1len here4.26 km100%total4 km
- Ka-Masihlenga Riverord 1len here2.22 km100%total2 km
- KwaBhodlaord 1len here1.35 km29%total5 km
3 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
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
- -29.45958, 29.44147
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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.