HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080013200
Bassin de uMngeni 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 3 administrative regions : Umgungundlovu, eThekwini, iLembe
Sub-basin area
967,9km²
Upstream area
4 474,3km²
Discharge
25,75m³/s
Mean elev.
455m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Umsundusi River908 km²
- Bassin de uMngeni River392 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- eThekwini708.9 km²73.3% of basin
- 184.6 km²19.1% of basin
- 73.2 km²7.6% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Krantzkloof Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
5.50 km² overlap
Palmiet Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.61 km² overlap
New Germany Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.59 km² overlap
Burman Bush Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.42 km² overlap
Springside Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Virginia Bush Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 851 distinct species · 427 882 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 uMngeni River : 16 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.5%, 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
918mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
254mm/an
PET
1 290mm
AET
778mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
549cm
Forest
70%
Crops
20%
Urban
45%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)