HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081583780
Bassin de Marico River
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 : Bojanala, Ngaka Modiri Molema, Waterberg
Sub-basin area
689,2km²
Upstream area
9 318,1km²
Discharge
3,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 024m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Marico River1144 km²
- Bassin de Marico River895 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 341.9 km²49.7% of basin
- 191.8 km²27.9% of basin
- 154.1 km²22.4% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Madikwe Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
301.52 km² overlap
Weltevrede Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
122.06 km² overlap
Melorane Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
35.69 km² overlap
Weldere Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
34.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
657 distinct species · 46 865 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Marico River : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 10 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.2%, 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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
472mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
1 703mm
AET
398mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
626cm
Forest
52%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)