HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081657750
Bassin de Kariega River
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 : Cacadu
Sub-basin area
1 160,6km²
Upstream area
1 160,7km²
Discharge
1,35m³/s
Mean elev.
424m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1160.2 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
17.93 km² overlap
Addo Elephant National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
795 distinct species · 12 395 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 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 Kariega River : 35 espèces reliées par 41 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.0%, 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°
17,3°C
Annual rain
379mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
38mm/an
PET
1 414mm
AET
322mm
Mean slope
6,7°
Water table
785cm
Forest
51%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)