HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081548230
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Beitbridge, Vhembe
Sub-basin area
102,1km²
Upstream area
187 179,1km²
Discharge
73,55m³/s
Mean elev.
508m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Limpopo196 km²
- Bassin de Limpopo80 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 49.8 km²48.9% of basin
- 47.4 km²46.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
153 distinct species · 246 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 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 : 8 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 4 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 14.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,5°C
Annual rain
324mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,81
Runoff
28mm/an
PET
1 752mm
AET
272mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
361cm
Forest
0%
Crops
38%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)