HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081594090
Bassin de Elands 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 : Ehlanzeni, Gert Sibande, Nkangala
Sub-basin area
1 577km²
Upstream area
1 577,4km²
Discharge
7,3m³/s
Mean elev.
1 522m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1153.6 km²73.3% of basin
- 406.0 km²25.8% of basin
- 14.2 km²0.9% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Greater Lakenvlei Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
47.77 km² overlap
Red Acres Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
21.03 km² overlap
Vlakplaats Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
15.81 km² overlap
Ngodwanakloof Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
15.77 km² overlap
Ngodwana Valley Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
9.69 km² overlap
Tullach Mhor Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
7.72 km² overlap
Starvation Creek Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
5.21 km² overlap
Berlin Forest Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
3.64 km² overlap
Rocky Drift Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.50 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Zasm Falls Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.42 km² overlap
Blouswaelvlakte Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
0.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 210 distinct species · 70 744 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Elands River : 13 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 10.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
15,8°C
Annual rain
902mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
136mm/an
PET
1 396mm
AET
774mm
Mean slope
9,5°
Water table
575cm
Forest
69%
Crops
8%
Urban
1%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)