HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081550060
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
261,2km²
Upstream area
222 355,6km²
Discharge
123,99m³/s
Mean elev.
443m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Limpopo556 km²
- Bassin de Limpopo127 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 214.6 km²82.4% of basin
- 42.9 km²16.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Dite 2
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
219.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
304 distinct species · 800 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,1°C
Annual rain
443mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
62mm/an
PET
1 738mm
AET
371mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
355cm
Forest
49%
Crops
12%
Urban
1%
Protected
84%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)