HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081653070
Bassin de Groot
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 : Cape Winelands, Namakwa, West Coast
Sub-basin area
286,1km²
Upstream area
2 646,9km²
Discharge
11,06m³/s
Mean elev.
889m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Leeu806 km²
- Bassin de Riet667 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 160.5 km²56.2% of basin
- 77.1 km²27.0% of basin
- 48.2 km²16.9% of basin
11 intersecting protected areas
Sederberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
85.66 km² overlap
Taaiboschkraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
39.08 km² overlap
Vogelfontein Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
14.65 km² overlap
Alsfontein Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
13.25 km² overlap
Matjies Rivier Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
12.97 km² overlap
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
3.60 km² overlap
Kruis Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.99 km² overlap
Kromrivierkloof Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.88 km² overlap
Hooggelegen Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.49 km² overlap
2 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Vogelfontein 319 Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.57 km² overlap
Nieuwe Gift Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 119 distinct species · 14 126 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 Groot : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
15,0°C
Annual rain
323mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,77
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
1 435mm
AET
274mm
Mean slope
13,4°
Water table
862cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)