HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081584410

Bassin de Olifants

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 2 administrative regions : Sekhukhune, Waterberg

12% lakePfafstetter: 12440790

Sub-basin area

1 137,1km²

Upstream area

23 794,3km²

Discharge

14,13m³/s

Mean elev.

1 169m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Olifants River736 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

Bassin de Elandsriver163 km²
Bassin de Olifants147 km²

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Sekhukhune
Limpopo · South Africa
1124.2 km²
99.1% of basin
Waterberg
Limpopo · South Africa
10.6 km²
0.9% of basin

13 intersecting protected areas

Schuinsdraai Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
103.75 km² overlap
Basveld Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
32.19 km² overlap
Letolo Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
24.75 km² overlap
Uys Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
20.80 km² overlap
Saamwerk Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
19.19 km² overlap
Stavoren Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
13.18 km² overlap
D. J. Dercksen Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
11.41 km² overlap
Voortrekker Kleinkind Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
7.93 km² overlap
Mantrombi Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
6.15 km² overlap

4 more protected areassorted by overlap area

Smit Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
5.84 km² overlap
Vlakfontein Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
3.50 km² overlap
P.R. de Jager Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
2.16 km² overlap
J. W. van Niekerk Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not Reported
Nature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap

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

Species present

1 049 distinct species · 7 447 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 34 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

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie

RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation

StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Olifants : 29 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées

Interactions affichées

Connectance

0.052

Patrimoniales

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°

18,2°C

Annual rain

652mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,59

Runoff

13mm/an

PET

1 605mm

AET

548mm

Mean slope

2,9°

Water table

609cm

Forest

Crops

12%

Urban

Protected

17%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)