HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081628470
Bassin de Modder
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 : Lejweleputswa, Mangaung
Sub-basin area
50,4km²
Upstream area
3 855km²
Discharge
2,47m³/s
Mean elev.
1 335m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Osspruit694 km²
- Bassin de Modder246 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 33.6 km²66.7% of basin
- Mangaung16.8 km²33.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Olivia Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.89 km² overlap
Kareefontein Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
234 distinct species · 5 400 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 Modder : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.7%, 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°
16,2°C
Annual rain
560mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
33mm/an
PET
1 590mm
AET
473mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
335cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)