HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081633570
Bassin de Mkhomazana
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
327,4km²
Upstream area
1 170,8km²
Discharge
10,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 701m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lotheni424 km²
- Bassin de Mkomazi420 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 212.7 km²65.0% of basin
- 103.4 km²31.6% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Natal Drakensberg Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
95.50 km² overlap
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
92.68 km² overlap
Upper Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
47.41 km² overlap
Mzimkulwana Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
30.09 km² overlap
Mzimkulu Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
17.25 km² overlap
Maloti Drakensberg
IUCN Not ReportedConservation and Development Area
11.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 213 distinct species · 67 423 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 Mkhomazana : 20 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.5%, 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°
13,4°C
Annual rain
974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
267mm/an
PET
1 283mm
AET
824mm
Mean slope
11,2°
Water table
601cm
Forest
75%
Crops
24%
Urban
0%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)