HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080012940
Bassin de Mfolozi River
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 2 administrative regions : Umkhanyakude, Uthungulu
Sub-basin area
1 199,3km²
Upstream area
10 050,8km²
Discharge
61,13m³/s
Mean elev.
78m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Black Umfolozi3549 km²
- Bassin de White Mfolozi River1507 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 676.6 km²56.5% of basin
- 520.5 km²43.5% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
42.65 km² overlap
Hluhluwe – iMfolozi Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
22.05 km² overlap
Corridor Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
18.47 km² overlap
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
13.04 km² overlap
St. Lucia Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
7.26 km² overlap
Maphelane Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
5.82 km² overlap
Umfolozi Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.44 km² overlap
Lake Eteza Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 900 distinct species · 101 102 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Mfolozi River : 13 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.6%, 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
1 012mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
259mm/an
PET
1 353mm
AET
858mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
225cm
Forest
45%
Crops
25%
Urban
3%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)