HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081551770
Bassin de Luvuvhu
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
5 419km²
Upstream area
5 419,1km²
Discharge
21,61m³/s
Mean elev.
626m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 5405.5 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Kruger National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
829.49 km² overlap
Mphaphuli Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
608.98 km² overlap
Thengwe Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
179.70 km² overlap
Pafuri Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
100.71 km² overlap
Makuleke Wetlands
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
32.62 km² overlap
Awelani Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
17.28 km² overlap
Cooksley Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
15.42 km² overlap
Matshakatini Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
14.18 km² overlap
Entabeni Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
12.08 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Roodewal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
6.04 km² overlap
Ratombo Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
1.84 km² overlap
Studholme Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.71 km² overlap
Roodewal Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.19 km² overlap
Tinus Eyssell Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 423 distinct species · 475 268 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 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 Luvuvhu : 4 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 2 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 33.3%, 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
732mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
128mm/an
PET
1 615mm
AET
610mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
555cm
Forest
79%
Crops
6%
Urban
10%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)