Ontologia

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

Pfafstetter: 12450305

Sub-basin area

239,5km²

Upstream area

238 956km²

Discharge

150,39m³/s

Mean elev.

276m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Rio Limpopo817 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

6 intersecting protected areas

  • Limpopo

    IUCN II

    National Park

    77.77 km² overlap

  • Kruger National Park

    IUCN Not Reported

    National Park

    55.71 km² overlap

  • Sengwe

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    35.44 km² overlap

  • Maose-Xini

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    25.95 km² overlap

  • Makuleke Wetlands

    IUCN II

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    6.58 km² overlap

  • Pafuri Nature Reserve

    IUCN Not Reported

    Nature Reserve

    0.85 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

1 032 distinct species · 66 255 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

66 255 obs · 6 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 55 823
55 823–55 822
7 346–55 822
2 642–7 345
< 2 642

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 12 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).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio Limpopo : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 15.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
12
Interactions affichées
10
Connectance
0.151
Patrimoniales
1
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

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)