HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081596460
Bassin de Klein 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 : Gert Sibande, Nkangala
Sub-basin area
2 383,4km²
Upstream area
2 383,6km²
Discharge
1,57m³/s
Mean elev.
1 609m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2235.3 km²94.0% of basin
- 143.5 km²6.0% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Botshabelo Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
28.87 km² overlap
Buks Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.49 km² overlap
Vaalbank Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.77 km² overlap
Bezuidenhoutshoek Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.17 km² overlap
Cecilia Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 008 distinct species · 122 516 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Klein Olifants : 24 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.8%, 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°
15,0°C
Annual rain
721mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
38mm/an
PET
1 446mm
AET
608mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
377cm
Forest
1%
Crops
46%
Urban
4%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)