Nature Reserve · zaf
Witsand Provincial Nature Reserve
- Area
- 32 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1994
Overview
- Designation
- Nature Reserve
- Established
- 1994
- Managing authority
- Northern Cape Department of Nature Conservation
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
564 distinct species · 10 095 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 Witsand Provincial Nature Reserve : 8 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.1%, 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).
Hydrology2 basins · 0 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
2
Max drainage
6 758km²
Discharge in basins
0,0m³/s
Mean precip.
274mm/an
Mean T°
18,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,83
Mean runoff
8mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 109m
Watersheds crossing here
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
- -28.55375, 22.48268
- 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.