HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081658040
Bassin de Bezuidenhouts
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 : Cacadu, Nelson Mandela Bay
Sub-basin area
574,3km²
Upstream area
19 363,4km²
Discharge
12,27m³/s
Mean elev.
296m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kariega River1161 km²
- Bassin de Sundays River854 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 548.5 km²95.6% of basin
- Nelson Mandela Bay25.5 km²4.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Addo Elephant National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
70.43 km² overlap
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.34 km² overlap
Groendal Wilderness Area
IUCN Not ReportedForest Wilderness Area
0.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 316 distinct species · 11 315 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 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 Bezuidenhouts : 25 espèces reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 6.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
387mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
53mm/an
PET
1 451mm
AET
329mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
659cm
Forest
74%
Crops
10%
Urban
2%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)