Transfrontier area · Limpopo
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area is a transfrontier area in Limpopo, about 90 km west of Musina. It covers 4 872 km² — number 3 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 2006.
4 872km² recorded size
2006year established
—elevation of the point
90 kmwest of Musina
Facts
- Type
- Transfrontier area (transboundary protected area)
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Vhembe
- Size
- 4 872 km² · 487 200 ha
- Rank by size
- 6 of 115 nationally · 3 in Limpopo
- Established
- 2006
- Coordinates
- -22.1333, 29.2000
- Nearest large town
- Musina, 90 km west
- Wikipedia articles
- 2 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q5600660 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Mapungubwe National ParkNational park · 152 km²11 km south- Venetia Limpopo Nature ReserveNature reserve19 km south
- Langjan Natuur ReservattNature reserve77 km south
- The Herd ReserveNature reserve90 km east
Musina Nature ReserveNature reserve93 km east
Blouberg Nature ReserveProtected area99 km south
GBIF records within 30 km
Wildlife recorded around Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area
2 383 mammal and 139 983 bird occurrence records within 30 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus288
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus213
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus177
- African elephantLoxodonta africana130
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus105
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga101
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus97
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa95
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus93
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros89
- Smith's Bush SquirrelParaxerus cepapi85
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus77
- SteenbokRaphicerus campestris76
- Common ElandTaurotragus oryx62
Birds
- Meves's StarlingLamprotornis mevesii2 045
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis1 974
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola1 924
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus1 790
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca1 709
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 640
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea1 637
- Natal SpurfowlPternistis natalensis1 613
- Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus1 612
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis1 590
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris1 546
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor1 501
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas1 446
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali1 441
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.