HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081626520
Bassin de Bushman's 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 : Umgungundlovu, Uthukela
Sub-basin area
1 940,1km²
Upstream area
1 940,5km²
Discharge
5,93m³/s
Mean elev.
1 433m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1723.5 km²89.0% of basin
- 204.2 km²10.5% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
380.96 km² overlap
Natal Drakensberg Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
367.85 km² overlap
Giant's Castle Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
275.49 km² overlap
Upper Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
30.87 km² overlap
ZuluWaters Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
24.79 km² overlap
Weenen Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
20.16 km² overlap
Maloti Drakensberg
IUCN Not ReportedConservation and Development Area
11.25 km² overlap
Impofana Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
10.20 km² overlap
Wagendrift Public Resort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
7.44 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Moor Park Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.61 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 251 distinct species · 78 558 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 Bushman's River : 20 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
14,9°C
Annual rain
858mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
112mm/an
PET
1 341mm
AET
726mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
553cm
Forest
46%
Crops
13%
Urban
3%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)