Data Zone
Country/territory: South Africa
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii (1998)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 43,640 hectares (436.40 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2011 | very poor | very high | 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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nyl River Floodplain (South Africa). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nyl-river-floodplain-iba-south-africa on 23/12/2024.