Baviaanskloof - South Africa

Basic Information
Site Name
Baviaanskloof
Short name
BVNKF
Country
South Africa
Web Address
Baviaanskloof
Operating Organisation
Eastern Cape Parks Board
South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON)
Site Description
This site covers the catchment area of the Baviaanskloof River and surrounding Baviaanskloof Mega-Reserve area, where ecological, agricultural and social systems are managed collaboratively in order to promote sustainable use of the landscape.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:00

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2004
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterwater parameterecosystem parameterairtemperaturedewpointvaporpressuredeficitatmosphericpressureprecipitationintensitywinddirectionwindspeedrunoffamountwatertemperaturewatervolumegroundwaterlevel
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
SAEON✔ (LTER-SAF-ZA-20)This site is a verified "SAEON" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
Marker
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -33.59034 Longitude: 24.1396

Size
ca. 124000.00ha
Elevation (average)
958.50msl
Elevation (min)
160.00msl
Elevation (max)
1757.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Rivers
EUNIS habitat
Habitat complexes (X)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
16.85°C
Precipitation Annual
435.00mm
Geology
Peninsula Sandstone; Cederberg Shale; Goudini Sandstone; Skurweberg Sandstone; Sardinia Bay phyllitic shales and conglomerate; Grahamstown Formation; Enon Conglomerate Formation
Vegetation
Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, Nama Karoo, Afrotemperate forest, Sub-tropical thicket, grasslands, savannas
Soils
Quartzitic sandstones, shales, alluvium
Hydrology
The area is drained by the Baviaanskloof River
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 » XML database
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Satellite
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
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