HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081656270
Bassin de Sandrivier
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 : Central Karoo, Eden
Sub-basin area
1 146,3km²
Upstream area
1 146,3km²
Discharge
0,55m³/s
Mean elev.
861m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1139.1 km²99.4% of basin
- 6.7 km²0.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
110.76 km² overlap
Swartberg Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
12.14 km² overlap
Wolwekraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.14 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 849 distinct species · 21 711 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 23 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 Sandrivier : 18 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.5%, 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°
14,9°C
Annual rain
305mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,78
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
1 397mm
AET
260mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
819cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)