Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 16,000 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2011 | very high | very unfavourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site summary
The Nyl River forms a 70 km long, 16 000 ha grass floodplain, one of the largest in South Africa. It runs from 10 km south of Mookgopong north to Mokopane. This is the largest wetland of its kind in South Africa and it is basically a grass-dominated, seasonally inundated floodplain which can hold thousands of waterbirds.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Nyl River Floodplain. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 08/02/2023.
