HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080013290
Bassin de Mgababa 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 : Ugu, eThekwini
Sub-basin area
77,8km²
Upstream area
77,8km²
Discharge
0,75m³/s
Mean elev.
104m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- eThekwini48.6 km²62.5% of basin
- 26.1 km²33.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area
2.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 639 distinct species · 53 209 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Mgababa River : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 014mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
303mm/an
PET
1 176mm
AET
859mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
395cm
Forest
66%
Crops
39%
Urban
49%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)