HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081605930
Bassin de Lusushwana
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 17 administrative regions across 2 countries : Ekukhanyeni, Gert Sibande, Hhukwini, Kwaluseni, Lobamba +12
Sub-basin area
1 406,2km²
Upstream area
1 406,3km²
Discharge
12,36m³/s
Mean elev.
1 131m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
17 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 279.3 km²19.9% of basin
- 274.3 km²19.5% of basin
- 180.2 km²12.8% of basin
- 134.7 km²9.6% of basin
- 102.2 km²7.3% of basin
- 98.6 km²7.0% of basin
- 72.3 km²5.2% of basin
- 66.1 km²4.7% of basin
9 moreFull L2 list
- Mbabane West55.6 km² · 4.0%
- Manzini North35.5 km² · 2.5%
- Mbabane East33.4 km² · 2.4%
- Kwaluseni28.4 km² · 2.0%
- Ekukhanyeni18.9 km² · 1.3%
- Manzini South11.6 km² · 0.8%
- Nkhaba7.5 km² · 0.5%
- Mthongwaneni5.1 km² · 0.4%
- Mphalaleni0.1 km² · 0.0%
3 intersecting protected areas
Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary
IUCN IINature Reserve
45.83 km² overlap
Mantenga Nature Reserve
IUCN IINature Reserve
7.17 km² overlap
Malalotja Nature Reserve
IUCN IINature Reserve
3.35 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 578 distinct species · 40 008 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Lusushwana : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, 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°
16,9°C
Annual rain
1 110mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
247mm/an
PET
1 341mm
AET
930mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
447cm
Forest
89%
Crops
13%
Urban
14%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)