HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081619350
Bassin de Mkuze 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 1 administrative regions : Umkhanyakude
Sub-basin area
1 296,5km²
Upstream area
6 060,8km²
Discharge
23,1m³/s
Mean elev.
38m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Umsumdusi1193 km²
- Bassin de Mkuze River47 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1294.5 km²100.0% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
St. Lucia System
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
640.00 km² overlap
iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
620.66 km² overlap
St. Lucia Game Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
152.82 km² overlap
St. Lucia Park
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
22.60 km² overlap
Mun-ya-wana Conservancy
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.83 km² overlap
Mkuzi Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 158 distinct species · 45 051 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 Mkuze River : 18 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
870mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
209mm/an
PET
1 454mm
AET
736mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
113cm
Forest
70%
Crops
19%
Urban
1%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)