HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081591990
Bassin de Molopo
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 across 2 countries : Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Tshabong
Sub-basin area
573,9km²
Upstream area
24 292,2km²
Discharge
7,27m³/s
Mean elev.
1 027m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Molopo488 km²
- Bassin de Molopo350 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 325.3 km²56.8% of basin
- 247.5 km²43.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Khamab Kalahari Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
79.43 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
148 distinct species · 490 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Molopo : 25 espèces reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
315mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 805mm
AET
264mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
94cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)