HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081653440
Bassin de Leeu
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 : Cape Winelands, West Coast
Sub-basin area
805,9km²
Upstream area
806km²
Discharge
3,25m³/s
Mean elev.
1 018m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 778.4 km²96.6% of basin
- 27.1 km²3.4% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Koue Bokkeveld Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
249.59 km² overlap
Sederberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
190.37 km² overlap
Wagenboom Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
61.85 km² overlap
Taaiboschkraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
7.09 km² overlap
Bergwater Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.96 km² overlap
Winterhoek Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
1.21 km² overlap
Kruis Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Vogelfontein Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.22 km² overlap
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.20 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Sederberg Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
0.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 425 distinct species · 10 391 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Leeu : 34 espèces reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 3.7%, 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°
13,8°C
Annual rain
408mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 344mm
AET
348mm
Mean slope
12,2°
Water table
635cm
Forest
4%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)