HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081633190
Bassin de Mkomazi
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 : Sisonke, Umgungundlovu
Sub-basin area
420,1km²
Upstream area
420,1km²
Discharge
3,83m³/s
Mean elev.
1 827m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 218.4 km²52.1% of basin
- 189.5 km²45.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
267.21 km² overlap
Natal Drakensberg Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
266.01 km² overlap
Upper Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
202.38 km² overlap
Mzimkulwana Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
50.59 km² overlap
Maloti Drakensberg
IUCN Not ReportedConservation and Development Area
12.77 km² overlap
Vergelegen Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
11.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
754 distinct species · 8 387 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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 Mkomazi : 32 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 26 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
12,9°C
Annual rain
972mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
265mm/an
PET
1 254mm
AET
822mm
Mean slope
14,8°
Water table
653cm
Forest
75%
Crops
27%
Urban
0%
Protected
64%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)