HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080013210
Bassin de Mhlatuzana 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 1 administrative regions : eThekwini
Sub-basin area
276,2km²
Upstream area
276,2km²
Discharge
1,01m³/s
Mean elev.
216m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- eThekwini265.4 km²96.2% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.92 km² overlap
Paradise Valley Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.54 km² overlap
Giba Gorge Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.57 km² overlap
North Park Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Bluff Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.20 km² overlap
Marion Wood Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.17 km² overlap
Pigeon Valley Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
Roosfontein Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 823 distinct species · 211 561 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 30 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 Mhlatuzana River : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
964mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
286mm/an
PET
1 226mm
AET
817mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
398cm
Forest
43%
Crops
4%
Urban
89%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)