HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081606270
Bassin de Klip
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 4 administrative regions : City of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand
Sub-basin area
2 260,5km²
Upstream area
2 260,6km²
Discharge
2,93m³/s
Mean elev.
1 595m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 787.4 km²34.9% of basin
- Ekurhuleni771.7 km²34.2% of basin
- City of Johannesburg630.2 km²27.9% of basin
- 67.0 km²3.0% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
69.32 km² overlap
Olifantsvlei Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
20.43 km² overlap
Keyterskloof Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
17.11 km² overlap
Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
6.02 km² overlap
Andros Private Nature Reseve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.22 km² overlap
Johanna Jacobs Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.65 km² overlap
Rondebult Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.00 km² overlap
Avalon Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.51 km² overlap
Ian P. Coetzer Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 347 distinct species · 568 174 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Klip : 21 espèces reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.5%, 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°
15,9°C
Annual rain
709mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
38mm/an
PET
1 460mm
AET
600mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
553cm
Forest
3%
Crops
15%
Urban
51%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)