HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080013480
Bassin de Mtamvuna 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 : Alfred Nzo, Sisonke, Ugu
Sub-basin area
1 605,8km²
Upstream area
1 605,8km²
Discharge
18,7m³/s
Mean elev.
791m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 845.1 km²52.7% of basin
- 755.3 km²47.1% of basin
- 3.8 km²0.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Weza Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
44.55 km² overlap
Ngele Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
40.81 km² overlap
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
26.49 km² overlap
Bizana Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
9.01 km² overlap
Forest Side Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.79 km² overlap
Red Desert Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 041 distinct species · 21 078 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Mtamvuna River : 25 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.4%, 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°
16,6°C
Annual rain
986mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
388mm/an
PET
1 235mm
AET
836mm
Mean slope
9,3°
Water table
496cm
Forest
80%
Crops
16%
Urban
6%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)