Blesbokspruit
Appearance
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River in South Africa
Blesbokspruit | |
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Location | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Gauteng |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Suikerbosrand River |
• coordinates | 26°36′00″S 28°17′23″E / 26.6001°S 28.2898°E / -26.6001; 28.2898 |
Basin features | |
Protection status | |
Official name | Blesbokspruit |
Designated | 2 October 1986 |
Reference no. | 343[1] |
The Blesbokspruit is a river in
.The Marievale Bird Sanctuary is situated in its upper reaches, established when roads and pipelines reached nearby mines in 1930. An area of 1,848 hectares has been declared a Ramsar site to guard against industrial pollution of the wetland, and has been designated as an Important Bird Area.
Biodiversity
Main article: Marievale Bird Sanctuary
Among the plants and animals that can be found in the Bleksbokspruit wetland are heron, bulrushes, phragmites reeds, yellow-billed ducks, marsh mongoose and giant bullfrogs.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Blesbokspruit". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Marievale Bird Sanctuary: Gauteng Tourism Authority". www.gauteng.net. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
- ^ "Marievale Bird Sanctuary". www.nigel.co.za. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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