HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081608210
Bassin de Lusutfu
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 9 administrative regions across 3 countries : Dvokodvweni, Lubuli, Lugongolweni, Matsanjeni North, Matutuíne +4
Sub-basin area
1 276,5km²
Upstream area
16 768,2km²
Discharge
84,03m³/s
Mean elev.
213m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lower Usuthu2187 km²
- Bassin de Mhlathuze River836 km²
9 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 454.2 km²35.6% of basin
- 283.3 km²22.2% of basin
- 186.7 km²14.7% of basin
- 161.4 km²12.7% of basin
- 130.2 km²10.2% of basin
- 52.2 km²4.1% of basin
- 4.0 km²0.3% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.1% of basin
1 moreFull L2 list
- Sithobela0.7 km² · 0.1%
5 intersecting protected areas
Lubombo Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
808.56 km² overlap
Ndumo Game Reserve
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
57.01 km² overlap
Ndumu Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
56.97 km² overlap
Mhlosinga
IUCN Not ApplicableOECM
26.21 km² overlap
Van Eck Dam
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 688 distinct species · 65 986 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Lusutfu : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
630mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
113mm/an
PET
1 581mm
AET
532mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
388cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)