HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081652070
Bassin de Great Kei 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 2 administrative regions : Amathole, Chris Hani
Sub-basin area
2 171,2km²
Upstream area
13 660,5km²
Discharge
34,98m³/s
Mean elev.
999m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Swart Kei River1302 km²
- Bassin de Wit-Keirivier304 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1735.5 km²80.0% of basin
- 434.3 km²20.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mile End Protected Environment
IUCN Not ReportedProtected Environment
8.16 km² overlap
Cathcart Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.64 km² overlap
Qacu 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
1 426 distinct species · 15 321 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 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 Great Kei River : 25 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 25 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.4%, 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°
15,8°C
Annual rain
754mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
137mm/an
PET
1 283mm
AET
640mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
532cm
Forest
61%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)