HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081608280
Bassin de Pongolo
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 : Matutuíne, Umkhanyakude
Sub-basin area
191,5km²
Upstream area
11 806,3km²
Discharge
50,73m³/s
Mean elev.
63m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ngwavuma2120 km²
- Bassin de Pongolo1970 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 190.1 km²99.4% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Ndumu Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
61.83 km² overlap
Ndumo Game Reserve
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
61.68 km² overlap
Tembe Elephant Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
7.25 km² overlap
Maputo
IUCN VEnvironmental Protection Area
0.62 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 707 distinct species · 63 978 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 6 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 Pongolo : 4 espèces reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 33.3%, 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
665mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
121mm/an
PET
1 624mm
AET
561mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
180cm
Forest
78%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)