Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve

Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve
Location	Johannesburg South
Nearest city	Johannesburg
Coordinates	26°19′11″S27°55′03″E / 26.31972°S 27.91750°E / -26.31972; 27.91750
Area	2,043.27 hectares (5,049.0 acres)
Created	1957
Operator	City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
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The Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve is a large section of protected land in Johannesburg South. It was designated in 1957 in an area of 2,043.27 hectares (5,049.0 acres). ^{[1] [2]} A wetland, part of the Klip River, runs along its southern border. The reserve lies adjacent to Lenasia, alongside the R554. The Golden Highway (R553) and N1 roads vertically divide it into three parts. On its northern border, it lies beneath the towns of Eldorado Park, Nancefield, Devland and Naturena (from west to east). It contains the Olifantsvlei Cemetery, Johannesburg Water's Olifantsvlei Wastewater Treatment Works and Bushkoppies Wastewater Treatment Works. Nearby is the Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve. ^[3]

Biodiversity

The marshland, mainly consisting of Phragmites reed beds host a number of species: ^[4]

Birds

• Common reed warbler
• Baillon's crake
• Black crake
• Common moorhen
• Flufftail
• Great reed warbler
• Lesser swamp warbler
• Little bittern
• Little grebe
• Little rush warbler
• Rallidae
• Sedge warbler
• Spotted crake
• Western swamphen

Mammals

• Water mongoose

See also

• South Africa portal

• List of protected areas of South Africa

References

1. "Protected Planet | Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve". Protected Planet. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
2. "NATURE RESERVE - Gauteng - Gazetted Name: Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve" (PDF).
3. "Protected Areas Register". dffeportal.environment.gov.za. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
4. Fagan, M. J. "RINGING AT OLIFANTSVLEI" (PDF).