HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081596150
Bassin de Komati 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 6 administrative regions across 3 countries : Ehlanzeni, Madlangempisi, Mayiwane, Mhlangatane, Mhlume +1
Sub-basin area
1 108,5km²
Upstream area
8 822km²
Discharge
53,29m³/s
Mean elev.
325m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Komati River209 km²
- Bassin de Komati River145 km²
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 762.0 km²68.9% of basin
- 189.6 km²17.1% of basin
- 115.7 km²10.5% of basin
- 30.3 km²2.7% of basin
- 8.7 km²0.8% of basin
- Namaacha0.1 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mahushe Shongwe Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
11.40 km² overlap
Sand River Dam
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.64 km² overlap
Lubombo Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 320 distinct species · 20 168 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Komati River : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 16 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.3%, 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
761mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
135mm/an
PET
1 589mm
AET
642mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
352cm
Forest
93%
Crops
10%
Urban
11%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)