HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081619340
Bassin de Hluhluwe
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 : Umkhanyakude, Zululand
Sub-basin area
2 720,4km²
Upstream area
2 720,4km²
Discharge
15,6m³/s
Mean elev.
163m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2614.9 km²96.3% of basin
- 101.4 km²3.7% of basin
15 intersecting protected areas
Hluhluwe – iMfolozi Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
321.72 km² overlap
Mun-ya-wana Conservancy
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
146.75 km² overlap
Hluhluwe Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
143.81 km² overlap
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
125.45 km² overlap
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
123.89 km² overlap
Corridor Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
116.42 km² overlap
St. Lucia Game Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
84.09 km² overlap
St. Lucia Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
28.99 km² overlap
Greater Ukuwela Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
14.36 km² overlap
6 more protected areassorted by overlap area
False Bay Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
11.92 km² overlap
Mduna Royal Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
5.18 km² overlap
Empembeni Community Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.27 km² overlap
Mkuzi Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.95 km² overlap
Kube Yini Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.02 km² overlap
Thanda Private Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 133 distinct species · 320 295 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Hluhluwe : 12 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.4%, 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
905mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
191mm/an
PET
1 387mm
AET
767mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
303cm
Forest
47%
Crops
28%
Urban
2%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)