HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081653010
Bassin de Matjies
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
397,1km²
Upstream area
397,1km²
Discharge
1,02m³/s
Mean elev.
1 029m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 388.9 km²98.0% of basin
- 8.0 km²2.0% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
211.66 km² overlap
Matjies Rivier Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
118.07 km² overlap
Sederberg Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
101.69 km² overlap
Sederberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
60.40 km² overlap
Dwarsrivier Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
58.07 km² overlap
Kromrivierkloof Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
36.44 km² overlap
Hooggelegen Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
6.77 km² overlap
Nieuwe Gift Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
5.58 km² overlap
Cederberg Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.42 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Bakkrans Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.88 km² overlap
Taaiboschkraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 758 distinct species · 31 563 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Matjies : 25 espèces reliées par 40 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
14,1°C
Annual rain
372mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
80mm/an
PET
1 380mm
AET
317mm
Mean slope
11,2°
Water table
774cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)