HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080013560
Bassin de Msikaba 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 : O.R.Tambo
Sub-basin area
1 022,8km²
Upstream area
1 022,8km²
Discharge
18,24m³/s
Mean elev.
568m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1021.7 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mkambati Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
12.00 km² overlap
Mkambati Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
11.62 km² overlap
Pondoland Marine Protected Area
IUCN Not ReportedMarine Protected Area
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 206 distinct species · 4 262 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Msikaba River : 28 espèces reliées par 31 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.2%, 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°
17,1°C
Annual rain
1 006mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
485mm/an
PET
1 158mm
AET
852mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
461cm
Forest
87%
Crops
16%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)