HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081618970
Bassin de Vaal 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 : Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Lejweleputswa
Sub-basin area
54km²
Upstream area
111 043,4km²
Discharge
115,11m³/s
Mean elev.
1 220m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Vaal River2650 km²
- Bassin de Vaal River595 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 36.1 km²66.9% of basin
- 17.9 km²33.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 13 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
17,5°C
Annual rain
460mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
31mm/an
PET
1 662mm
AET
388mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
162cm
Forest
0%
Crops
35%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)