Biosphere reserve · Limpopo
Waterberg Biosphere
Waterberg Biosphere is a biosphere reserve in Limpopo, about 17 km south-east of Lephalale. It covers 6 540 km² — number 2 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size. Proclaimed or established in 2001.
6 540km² recorded size
2001year established
830 melevation of the point
17 kmsouth-east of Lephalale
Facts
- Type
- Biosphere reserve
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Waterberg
- Local municipality
- Lephalale
- Size
- 6 540 km² · 654 033 ha
- Rank by size
- 4 of 115 nationally · 2 in Limpopo
- Established
- 2001
- Elevation
- 830 m
- Part of
- Waterberg plateau
- Mountain range
- Drakensberg
- Coordinates
- -23.7500, 27.8500
- Nearest large town
- Lephalale, 17 km south-east
- Wikipedia articles
- 13 languages
Nearby
- D'nyala Nature ReserveNature reserve6 km north-west
- Bergendal Nature Reserve LephalaleNature reserve21 km south
- Mokolo Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve29 km south
- Tierkop Private Nature ReserveNature reserve31 km west
- Ons Toekoms Private Nature ReserveNature reserve39 km south-east
- Palala Private Nature ReserveNature reserve44 km north-east
GBIF records within 30 km
Wildlife recorded around Waterberg Biosphere
375 mammal and 44 943 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 melampus22
- Brown HyenaHyaena brunnea18
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros16
- Common Wart-hogPhacochoerus africanus15
- Vervet MonkeyChlorocebus pygerythrus14
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus12
- LeopardPanthera pardus12
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis12
- NyalaTragelaphus angasii12
- African CivetCivettictis civetta11
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga11
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus11
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus10
- Mauritian Tomb BatTaphozous mauritianus10
Birds
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis1 324
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens776
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba732
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola628
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis619
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis573
- Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia567
- Gray Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor560
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos560
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus551
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas528
- White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala521
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla520
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor508
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.