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Benfontien Karoo
Station ID
ZA-BfK
Country code
ZA
Time zone offset
2
Description
Located in Benfontein Game Reserve, a private conservation area owned and managed by De Beers for over 130 years. Flat plains and shallow soil with carbonate accumulation in subsoil. Calcisol.
Main ecosystem
Open Shrublands
Mean annual temperature
18.0 °C
Mean annual precipitation
441.0 mm
Data publication
https://efteon.saeon.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EFTEON-KIMTRI-Landscape-proposal.pdf
Current staff
Name
Role (ICOS vocabulary)
Start date
Abri de Buys
Engineer
2025-12-02
Siphesihle Faltein
Engineer
2025-12-02
Gregor Feig
Principal Investigator
Helga Knoetz
Principal Investigator
2025-12-02
Kathleen Smart
Researcher
Location
Latitude/Longitude
-28.856483, 24.83985
Elevation
1168 m
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