HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081550360
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
448,1km²
Upstream area
224 636,4km²
Discharge
127,78m³/s
Mean elev.
346m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081549700639 km²
- Bassin de Limpopo149 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 271.8 km²60.8% of basin
- 165.0 km²36.9% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Matshakatini Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
183.70 km² overlap
Chipise
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
166.64 km² overlap
Kruger National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
42.67 km² overlap
Makuleke Wetlands
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
16.38 km² overlap
Pafuri Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
14.77 km² overlap
Sengwe
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 000 distinct species · 30 037 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
457mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
59mm/an
PET
1 807mm
AET
383mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
476cm
Forest
79%
Crops
19%
Urban
1%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)