HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081598210
Bassin de Jukskei 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 5 administrative regions : Bojanala, City of Johannesburg, City of Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, West Rand
Sub-basin area
1 492,4km²
Upstream area
1 492,4km²
Discharge
1,52m³/s
Mean elev.
1 532m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- City of Johannesburg746.0 km²50.1% of basin
- 598.4 km²40.2% of basin
- City of Tshwane79.4 km²5.3% of basin
- Ekurhuleni65.8 km²4.4% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
Diepsloot Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
22.99 km² overlap
Crocodile River Reserve Central Nature Reserve Cluster
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
12.20 km² overlap
Crocodile River Reserve Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
3.32 km² overlap
Crocodile River Reserve Doornrandje Nature Reserve Cluster
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.42 km² overlap
Melville Koppies Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.43 km² overlap
Saronde Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Beaulieu Bird Sanctuary
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 724 distinct species · 1 743 357 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 Jukskei River : 26 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
16,5°C
Annual rain
714mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
32mm/an
PET
1 461mm
AET
604mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
704cm
Forest
1%
Crops
5%
Urban
57%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)