HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081551640
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 : Chiredzi, Vhembe
Sub-basin area
203,8km²
Upstream area
233 297,3km²
Discharge
132,65m³/s
Mean elev.
251m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Limpopo342 km²
- Bassin de Limpopo47 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 157.4 km²77.4% of basin
- 42.7 km²21.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Sengwe
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
148.33 km² overlap
Kruger National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
44.37 km² overlap
Pafuri Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
42.65 km² overlap
Makuleke Wetlands
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
34.14 km² overlap
Maose-Xini
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
5.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 098 distinct species · 150 803 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 : 10 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 5 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
433mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,77
Runoff
49mm/an
PET
1 894mm
AET
363mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
293cm
Forest
92%
Crops
11%
Urban
5%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)