HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081604160
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : John Taolo Gaetsewe, Tshabong
Sub-basin area
734,3km²
Upstream area
93 072,2km²
Discharge
46,57m³/s
Mean elev.
969m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 3 basins
- Bassin · #1080052730788 km²
- Bassin de Molopo587 km²
- Bassin de Molopo242 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 408.9 km²55.8% of basin
- 324.0 km²44.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
71 distinct species · 149 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 Molopo : 13 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.7%, 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°
19,7°C
Annual rain
275mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 824mm
AET
230mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
67cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)