HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080014270
Bassin de Kowie 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 : Cacadu
Sub-basin area
762,1km²
Upstream area
762,1km²
Discharge
1,91m³/s
Mean elev.
308m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 761.7 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Buffalo Kloof Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
80.92 km² overlap
Waters Meeting Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
40.55 km² overlap
Blaauwkrantz Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.98 km² overlap
Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 985 distinct species · 92 095 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Kowie River : 30 espèces reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.1%, 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°
17,7°C
Annual rain
633mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
1 236mm
AET
538mm
Mean slope
6,2°
Water table
625cm
Forest
74%
Crops
12%
Urban
5%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)