HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081605640
Bassin de Blesbok 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 2 administrative regions : Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng
Sub-basin area
250km²
Upstream area
1 503,3km²
Discharge
1,85m³/s
Mean elev.
1 601m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Blesbokspruit459 km²
- Bassin de Blesbok River128 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ekurhuleni206.7 km²82.8% of basin
- 42.9 km²17.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
42.52 km² overlap
Alice Glöckner Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.55 km² overlap
Keyterskloof Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.49 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 542 distinct species · 23 925 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 Blesbok River : 19 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.0%, 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°
15,4°C
Annual rain
689mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
33mm/an
PET
1 479mm
AET
583mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
633cm
Forest
2%
Crops
29%
Urban
14%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)