HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081594000
Bassin de Umgwenya
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 : Ehlanzeni, Nkangala
Sub-basin area
1 526,5km²
Upstream area
1 526,5km²
Discharge
6,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 557m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 868.4 km²57.0% of basin
- 655.0 km²43.0% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
69.02 km² overlap
Verloren Valei Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
35.93 km² overlap
Verloren Vallei Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
24.31 km² overlap
Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
19.38 km² overlap
Santa Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
11.49 km² overlap
Sterkspruit Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
8.05 km² overlap
Tobe Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.81 km² overlap
Uitsoek Forest Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
0.97 km² overlap
Middelpunt Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.95 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Middelpunt Nature Reserve
IUCN IaWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.95 km² overlap
Makobulaan Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 706 distinct species · 119 673 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 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 Umgwenya : 18 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
15,6°C
Annual rain
864mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
116mm/an
PET
1 407mm
AET
741mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
552cm
Forest
64%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)