HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081547990
Bassin de Limpopo
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 across 3 countries : Beitbridge, Tuli, Vhembe
Sub-basin area
172,7km²
Upstream area
184 327,7km²
Discharge
71,76m³/s
Mean elev.
544m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Limpopo2565 km²
- Bassin de Shashe1515 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 84.4 km²49.0% of basin
- 82.8 km²48.1% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Mapungupwe National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
55.25 km² overlap
Maramani
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
50.45 km² overlap
Northern Tuli
IUCN IVGame Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
Skutwater Ranch Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
940 distinct species · 11 505 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Limpopo : 15 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 10 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,2°C
Annual rain
329mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,82
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
1 811mm
AET
276mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
268cm
Forest
6%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
62%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)