HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080012950
Bassin · #1080012950
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
395,5km²
Upstream area
395,5km²
Discharge
0,37m³/s
Mean elev.
40m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 370.1 km²93.7% of basin
- 5.4 km²1.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
6.18 km² overlap
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.06 km² overlap
Maphelane Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
5.30 km² overlap
iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area
3.37 km² overlap
St. Lucia Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 416 distinct species · 48 870 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 · #1080012950 : 13 espèces reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 135mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
302mm/an
PET
1 315mm
AET
962mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
197cm
Forest
84%
Crops
6%
Urban
15%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)