HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081602310
Bassin de Molopo
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 across 2 countries : Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, John Taolo Gaetsewe, Tshabong
Sub-basin area
1 730,6km²
Upstream area
88 875,8km²
Discharge
43,97m³/s
Mean elev.
1 020m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Molopo873 km²
- Bassin · #1081600030425 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 803.3 km²46.5% of basin
- 661.3 km²38.3% of basin
- 262.8 km²15.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
223 distinct species · 2 297 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 46 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 Molopo : 39 espèces reliées par 50 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
19,5°C
Annual rain
338mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,81
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
284mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
217cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)