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Ecoregions of South Africa - levels 1 and 2

A delineation of ecoregions for South Africa derived from terrain and vegetation, with altitude, rainfall, runoff variability, air temperature, geology and soil.

Download:

The full documentation for Level 1 Ecoregions [2.7Mb PDF file]
The full documentation for Level 2 Ecoregions is still in draft form:
- download the draft tables for all regions
- contact us for further information
Level 1 shapefile [600k ZIP file]
Level 2 shapefile [800k ZIP file] including metadata
Level 1 300 dpi image [1Mb JPEG]
Level 1 96 dpi image [100k JPEG]

Disclaimer: The Department of Water and Sanitation accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of this data -- the outlines may change as the custodian incorporates more data sets. Note that transition zones between regions are about 5km wide.

Last map update: 2005

Contact persons:
Christa Thirion (Ecoregions)
Mike Silberbauer (GIS and web page queries)

Custodian:
  Resource Quality Information Services,
  Department of Water and Sanitation,
  Private Bag X313, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

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Last update of this page 2019-07-31 13:29