HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081548260

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 6 administrative regions across 3 countries : Beitbridge, Bobonong, Capricorn, Gwanda, Tuli +1

Pfafstetter: 12470000

Sub-basin area

2 565,2km²

Upstream area

155 088,5km²

Discharge

52,32m³/s

Mean elev.

654m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Limpopo173 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

Bassin de Limpopo644 km²
Bassin de Motloutse River461 km²

6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Vhembe
Limpopo · South Africa
1407.3 km²
55.0% of basin
Bobonong
Central · Botswana
641.4 km²
25.1% of basin
Tuli
Central · Botswana
334.6 km²
13.1% of basin
Capricorn
Limpopo · South Africa
118.6 km²
4.6% of basin
Beitbridge
Matabeleland South · Zimbabwe
48.9 km²
1.9% of basin
Gwanda
Matabeleland South · Zimbabwe
3.5 km²
0.1% of basin

12 intersecting protected areas

Northern Tuli
IUCN IV
Game Reserve
551.34 km² overlap
Mapungupwe National Park
IUCN Not Reported
National Park
70.85 km² overlap
Tuli
IUCN VI
Safari Area
58.84 km² overlap
J. S. Gouws Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
46.26 km² overlap
L. J. Steyn Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
45.53 km² overlap
Vembe Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
45.12 km² overlap
Roux Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
34.19 km² overlap
Seduka Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
30.21 km² overlap
P. A. Coetzer Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
27.17 km² overlap

3 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Roos Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
8.87 km² overlap
Annexatie Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
7.51 km² overlap
Boet van der Merwe Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
0.27 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

1 953 distinct species · 126 762 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 48 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

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RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Limpopo : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 118 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 36 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

118

Connectance

0.069

Patrimoniales

Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

21,5°C

Annual rain

356mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,80

Runoff

14mm/an

PET

1 790mm

AET

299mm

Mean slope

1,1°

Water table

456cm

Forest

Crops

19%

Urban

Protected

35%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)