HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081647090
Bassin de Varsrivier
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 : Namakwa, West Coast
Sub-basin area
1 025,6km²
Upstream area
1 025,6km²
Discharge
0,94m³/s
Mean elev.
251m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 902.6 km²88.1% of basin
- 122.1 km²11.9% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Knersvlakte Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
17.40 km² overlap
Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
6.50 km² overlap
Avontuur Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.48 km² overlap
Grasberg Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
0.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 264 distinct species · 8 289 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 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 Varsrivier : 33 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
180mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
24mm/an
PET
1 656mm
AET
151mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
584cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)