HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081577380
Bassin de Makhutswi
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 : Capricorn, Mopani, Sekhukhune
Sub-basin area
1 137,9km²
Upstream area
1 137,9km²
Discharge
3,47m³/s
Mean elev.
621m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1105.2 km²97.3% of basin
- 21.8 km²1.9% of basin
- 8.4 km²0.7% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Greater Makalali Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
186.56 km² overlap
Karongwe Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
75.65 km² overlap
Malachite Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
32.21 km² overlap
Nature Reserve: Co-operation and Development
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
25.97 km² overlap
Makgokolo Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
23.43 km² overlap
Ria Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
13.73 km² overlap
Lekgalametsi Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
10.96 km² overlap
Lissabon Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.01 km² overlap
Thankerton Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.77 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Olifants Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 286 distinct species · 106 757 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Makhutswi : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.9%, 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
650mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
97mm/an
PET
1 637mm
AET
543mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
450cm
Forest
61%
Crops
9%
Urban
5%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)