46576105-201b-4414-9b9d-30635100d9e9 SANBI The Metadata Manager +27 21 799 8738 Kirstenbosch Research Centre Cape Town Claremont 7735 South Africa bgishelp@sanbi.org.za 2017-07-03T09:29:15 SANS 1878 FGDC-STD-001-1998 WGS 1984 DMA02 Major South Facing Slopes 2009 2016-04-01 1.0 South facing slopes important for climate change adaptation. Used as a feature in the conservation plan. Mnaiker@pgwc.gov.za DEADP / Central Karoo District Municipality - - - - - - South Africa Mnaiker@pgwc.gov.za Slopes Western Cape South Africa DM02 Data Capture Source: Holness 2009 50000 environment 2016-01-01 19.335031 20.949981 -33.968333 -32.220833 SANBI bgishelp@sanbi.org.za ZIP 1 http://bgis.sanbi.org/SpatialDataset/Detail/374 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related A list of spatial data-sets are available at this URL. BGIS Spatial Datasets South facing slopes represent important climate change refuges. These areas are likely to serve as refuge habitats during period of temperature increase and moisture decrease as they naturally have lower temperatures and higher moisture levels that the general landscape. The 90m resolution SRTM Digital Elevation Model was used as the basis for the assessment. This layer was processed in IDRISI according to the following method: ? Areas with a south facing aspect were identified using IDRISI modeling tools (aspect of between 110° and 250°). ? Areas of a slope of 10° or greater were identified using IDRISI modeling tools. ? These two layers were intersected to identify areas with steep south facing slopes. ? Small areas were removed (>100ha). A 30% target for these rivers was set for the first CBA run, while the remaining unselected areas were included as Ecological Support Areas if they were not transformed. Available documentation: Central Karoo District Biodiversity Assessment (August 2009)