HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081552240
Bassin de Rio 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 3 administrative regions across 3 countries : Chicualacuala, Chiredzi, Vhembe
Sub-basin area
239,5km²
Upstream area
238 956km²
Discharge
150,39m³/s
Mean elev.
276m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luvuvhu5419 km²
- Bassin de Limpopo204 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 129.0 km²54.0% of basin
- 56.2 km²23.5% of basin
- 53.5 km²22.4% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Limpopo
IUCN IINational Park
77.77 km² overlap
Kruger National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
55.71 km² overlap
Sengwe
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
35.44 km² overlap
Maose-Xini
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
25.95 km² overlap
Makuleke Wetlands
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.58 km² overlap
Pafuri Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
440mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,77
Runoff
45mm/an
PET
1 889mm
AET
370mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
439cm
Forest
83%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
57%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)