HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080012920
Bassin de Hluhluwe
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 1 administrative regions : Umkhanyakude
Sub-basin area
556,5km²
Upstream area
9 337,9km²
Discharge
41,45m³/s
Mean elev.
24m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hluhluwe2720 km²
- Bassin de Mkuze River1297 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 555.6 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
391.12 km² overlap
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
391.12 km² overlap
St. Lucia Game Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
140.58 km² overlap
St. Lucia Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
87.43 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 902 distinct species · 101 786 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Hluhluwe : 12 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,5°C
Annual rain
1 050mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
238mm/an
PET
1 331mm
AET
890mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
129cm
Forest
70%
Crops
7%
Urban
2%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)