HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081550640
Bassin de Nzhelele
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 1 administrative regions : Vhembe
Sub-basin area
2 831km²
Upstream area
2 831km²
Discharge
12,46m³/s
Mean elev.
809m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2824.0 km²100.0% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
The Herd Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
53.20 km² overlap
Philip Herd Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
45.75 km² overlap
Western Soutpansberg Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
39.17 km² overlap
Studholme Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
24.06 km² overlap
Honnet Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
19.02 km² overlap
Happy Rest Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.62 km² overlap
Avarel Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.52 km² overlap
Nwanedi Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.24 km² overlap
Nzhelele Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.21 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Roodewal Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 982 distinct species · 39 504 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 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 Nzhelele : 17 espèces reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
725mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
136mm/an
PET
1 553mm
AET
593mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
613cm
Forest
32%
Crops
16%
Urban
5%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)