HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081633580
Bassin de Rooidraai
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 1 administrative regions : Umgungundlovu
Sub-basin area
280,2km²
Upstream area
280,4km²
Discharge
1,91m³/s
Mean elev.
1 713m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 279.9 km²100.0% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Maloti-Drakensberg Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
62.69 km² overlap
Natal Drakensberg Park
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
57.34 km² overlap
Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
35.79 km² overlap
Kwa-Mehlenyati Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
28.09 km² overlap
uMngeni Plateau Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.72 km² overlap
Upper Mkhomazi Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
0.02 km² overlap
uMgeni Vlei Nature Reserve
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.01 km² overlap
Umgeni Vlei Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Impofana Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedForest Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
726 distinct species · 6 565 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 38 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 Rooidraai : 33 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.0%, 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°
13,1°C
Annual rain
1 012mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
215mm/an
PET
1 245mm
AET
852mm
Mean slope
9,8°
Water table
525cm
Forest
51%
Crops
26%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)