HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081657190
Bassin de Droëkloof
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 1 administrative regions : Central Karoo
Sub-basin area
496,2km²
Upstream area
4 665,6km²
Discharge
1,99m³/s
Mean elev.
791m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kerksrivier319 km²
- Bassin de Doring River303 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 496.0 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
65.01 km² overlap
Gamkapoort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
49.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
413 distinct species · 1 510 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 37 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 Droëkloof : 32 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.1%, 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°
14,8°C
Annual rain
242mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
1 426mm
AET
206mm
Mean slope
10,6°
Water table
948cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)