HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081571680
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kgatleng, Tuli, Waterberg
Sub-basin area
929,1km²
Upstream area
43 802,6km²
Discharge
17,43m³/s
Mean elev.
897m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Krokodilrivier2745 km²
- Bassin de Marico River164 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 498.2 km²53.7% of basin
- 428.7 km²46.2% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Olifantsdrif Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
28.25 km² overlap
Wentzel Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
25.95 km² overlap
J. C. Pistorius Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
23.14 km² overlap
Waterval Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
13.61 km² overlap
Eldorado Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
8.45 km² overlap
Grootpan Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
6.43 km² overlap
Driehoek Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.65 km² overlap
Albertina Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
666 distinct species · 5 497 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 reliées par 7 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.7%, 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
472mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
1 778mm
AET
397mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
305cm
Forest
6%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)