Ecoregions of South Africa - levels 1 and 2

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

• The full documentation for Level 1 Ecoregions [2.7Mb PDF file
• 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 Affairs and Forestry accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of this data -- the outlines may change as the owner incorporates more data sets. Note that lines (transition zones) between regions are about 5km wide.

LAST MAP UPDATE: 2005

CONTACT PERSONS:
    Neels Kleynhans (Ecoregions)
    Christa Thirion (Ecoregions)
    Mike Silberbauer (GIS and web page queries)

CUSTODIAN:
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  Department of Water Affairs and Forestry,
  Private Bag X313, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa

Page last updated 2009-08-14 09:55