HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080013540
Bassin de Mtentu 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 : Alfred Nzo, O.R.Tambo
Sub-basin area
966,6km²
Upstream area
966,9km²
Discharge
15,86m³/s
Mean elev.
648m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 648.9 km²67.2% of basin
- 316.6 km²32.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mkambati Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
14.48 km² overlap
Mkambati Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
13.22 km² overlap
Pondoland Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area
0.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
752 distinct species · 1 951 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Mtentu River : 31 espèces reliées par 47 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
16,9°C
Annual rain
994mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
455mm/an
PET
1 192mm
AET
842mm
Mean slope
10,3°
Water table
521cm
Forest
82%
Crops
23%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)