HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081626590
Bassin de Mooi 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 3 administrative regions : Umgungundlovu, Umzinyathi, Uthukela
Sub-basin area
2 836,8km²
Upstream area
2 836,8km²
Discharge
8,96m³/s
Mean elev.
1 362m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1859.1 km²65.6% of basin
- 863.7 km²30.5% of basin
- 110.4 km²3.9% of basin
14 intersecting protected areas
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
197.91 km² overlap
Natal Drakensberg Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
166.27 km² overlap
Impofana Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
61.93 km² overlap
Upper Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
49.57 km² overlap
Kamberg Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
22.71 km² overlap
Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
18.61 km² overlap
Karkloof Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
17.70 km² overlap
Mount Gilboa Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
5.82 km² overlap
Fort Nottingham Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.86 km² overlap
5 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Tweefontein Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.34 km² overlap
Bill Barnes Crane and Oribi Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.77 km² overlap
Craigie Burn Public Resort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.32 km² overlap
Kwa-Mehlenyati Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
0.13 km² overlap
Giant's Castle Game Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 954 distinct species · 136 358 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 27 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 Mooi River : 23 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 23 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
14,8°C
Annual rain
861mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
114mm/an
PET
1 306mm
AET
730mm
Mean slope
7,5°
Water table
529cm
Forest
66%
Crops
15%
Urban
1%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)