Table Mountain Chain - South Africa

Basic Information
Site Name
Table Mountain Chain
Short name
TMC
Country
South Africa
Web Address
SAEON Fynbos Node/Table Mountain Chain
Operating Organisation
South African National Parks (SANParks)
South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)
Funding Agency
City of Cape Town (South Africa)
Site Description
The Table Mountain Chain comprises a network of public and private land within the Cape Peninsula. The land area is approximately 340 km2 and the marine component is approximately 980 km2. The coastline is approximately 130 km. The land area is surrounded by the intensive agriculture and urban development of the City of Cape Town. Because of the proximity of the city the area has a long history of research carried out by universities, research institutions and nature conservation agencies.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:05

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1998
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
SAEON✔ (LTER-SAF-ZA-21)This site is a verified "SAEON" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Photos
not defined
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -34.16667 Longitude: 18.375

Size
ca. 34000.00ha
Elevation (average)
550.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
1100.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Coastal
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Chaparral
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Coastal
Marine
Temperate upwelling
Urban
EUNIS habitat
Habitat complexes (X)
Habitat complexes (X) » Domestic gardens of city and town centres (X24)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
16.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1050.00mm
Geology
Malmesbury Group sandstone and shale; Peninsula granite; Table Mountain Group sandstone; Pakhuis Formation tillite; Graafwater Formation sandstone and mudstone
Vegetation
Fynbos, Forest
Soils
Red and yellow apedal soils; non-hydromorphic soils; sandy, calcareous ferrihumic soils; kaolin clay soils
Hydrology
Winter rainfall. Rain feeds the Table mountain group fractured rock aquifer and Cape Flats Aquifer and several small rivers
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » 1-5 kW
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Other transmission types
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy URL
http://saeon.dirisa.org/management/it-governance/G373.2%20Policy%20and%20Guidel…
LTER Site Classification
Regular