HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081620540
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 : Frances Baard, Lejweleputswa
Sub-basin area
226,2km²
Upstream area
226,2km²
Discharge
0,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 245m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 122.8 km²54.4% of basin
- 103.1 km²45.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Vaallaagte Private Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
17.90 km² overlap
Tula Safaris
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
13.89 km² overlap
Timkulu Safaris
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.91 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
203 distinct species · 999 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Vaal River : 16 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 9.1%, 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°
17,4°C
Annual rain
457mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
385mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
533cm
Forest
0%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)