Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA Criteria met: A3 (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 25,900 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2014 | high | unfavourable | high |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The Augrabies Falls National Park is situated on the vast Bushmanland peneplain where it straddles the Orange River. The IBA falls within the Nama-Karoo Biome, with arid grasslands and open karroid thornveld present on the plains, and the rocky hills covered in a sparse vegetation type known as hardeveld.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Augrabies Falls National Park. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2023.
