HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081644900
Bassin de Wildebeest River
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 3 administrative regions : Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, O.R.Tambo
Sub-basin area
1 642,4km²
Upstream area
1 642,4km²
Discharge
9,3m³/s
Mean elev.
1 326m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1322.1 km²80.6% of basin
- 314.0 km²19.1% of basin
- 4.9 km²0.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 247 distinct species · 5 504 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 40 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 Wildebeest River : 33 espèces reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
14,9°C
Annual rain
766mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
180mm/an
PET
1 321mm
AET
650mm
Mean slope
8,1°
Water table
555cm
Forest
60%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)