This 4,774-hectare (18.43 sq mi) reserve was established in 1954 to preserve the last autochthonous population of Oryx gazella.[1] It is located between 22° 47'S and 22° 52'S and 29° 11'E and 29° 17'E and straddles the Brak River running approximately from south to north. The altitude is around 800 metres (2,600 ft) above sea level and is situated on conglomerate, limestone and sandstone and deep red Kalahari sand.
The vegetation is referred to as "arid sweet Bushveld"
Endemic speciesedit
Some of the important fauna found in the reserve include:[1]
^ abSchmidt, Almuth D. (30 December 2002). "The herpetofauna of the Langjan Nature Reserve" (PDF). Österreichische Gesellschaft für Herpetologie e.V. pp. 121–135. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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langjan, nature, reserve, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, o. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Langjan Nature Reserve news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Langjan Nature Reserve is situated in Limpopo province South Africa on the R521 to Alldays west of Makhado close to the Blouberg Nature ReserveLangjan Nature ReserveLocation of the Langjan Nature Reserve in LimpopoShow map of LimpopoLangjan Nature Reserve South Africa Show map of South AfricaLocationLimpopo South AfricaNearest cityAlldaysCoordinates22 50 30 S 29 14 32 E 22 84167 S 29 24222 E 22 84167 29 24222Area4 774 haGoverning bodyLimpopo Provincial GovernmentThis 4 774 hectare 18 43 sq mi reserve was established in 1954 to preserve the last autochthonous population of Oryx gazella 1 It is located between 22 47 S and 22 52 S and 29 11 E and 29 17 E and straddles the Brak River running approximately from south to north The altitude is around 800 metres 2 600 ft above sea level and is situated on conglomerate limestone and sandstone and deep red Kalahari sand The vegetation is referred to as arid sweet Bushveld Endemic species editSome of the important fauna found in the reserve include 1 Oryx gazella gemsbok Psammobates oculifer serrated tortoise Typhlosaurus lineatus subtaeniatus Striped blind legless skink Scelotes limpopoensis albiventris Limpopo burrowing skink Colopus wahlbergii wahlbergii Wahlberg s Kalahari geckoSee also editProtected areas of South AfricaReferences edit a b Schmidt Almuth D 30 December 2002 The herpetofauna of the Langjan Nature Reserve PDF Osterreichische Gesellschaft fur Herpetologie e V pp 121 135 Retrieved 7 July 2015 nbsp This South Africa location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Langjan Nature Reserve amp oldid 1120164347, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
