HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081608860
Bassin de Wilger 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 : Fezile Dabi, Thabo Mofutsanyane
Sub-basin area
2 542,4km²
Upstream area
17 977,5km²
Discharge
35,67m³/s
Mean elev.
1 570m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Liebenbergsvlei1512 km²
- Bassin de Wilger River563 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2444.1 km²96.3% of basin
- 94.0 km²3.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Oppieplaas Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
7.74 km² overlap
Bronkhorstfontein Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.66 km² overlap
Windheuwel Shooting Lodge
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.43 km² overlap
Blomhoek Pleasure
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.91 km² overlap
Jagersrust Game
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
706 distinct species · 18 579 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Wilger River : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
15,2°C
Annual rain
697mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
1 486mm
AET
590mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
348cm
Forest
0%
Crops
51%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)