HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081639810
Bassin de Mzintlava
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 : Alfred Nzo, Sisonke
Sub-basin area
637,6km²
Upstream area
637,7km²
Discharge
5,64m³/s
Mean elev.
1 654m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 634.4 km²99.6% of basin
- 2.5 km²0.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Ntsikeni Nature Reserve
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.28 km² overlap
Nsikeni Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 079 distinct species · 11 309 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 Mzintlava : 28 espèces reliées par 38 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
13,3°C
Annual rain
911mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
279mm/an
PET
1 297mm
AET
773mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
447cm
Forest
44%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)