HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081658860
Bassin de Gamka 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 2 administrative regions : Central Karoo, Eden
Sub-basin area
1 385km²
Upstream area
18 506km²
Discharge
9,44m³/s
Mean elev.
741m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Gamka River914 km²
- Bassin de Droëkloof496 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1110.1 km²80.2% of basin
- 274.4 km²19.8% of basin
13 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
344.83 km² overlap
Klein Swartberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
199.97 km² overlap
Rooiberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
74.88 km² overlap
Rooiolifantskloof Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
62.95 km² overlap
Groenefontein Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
52.26 km² overlap
Gamkaskloof Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
43.91 km² overlap
Taayskloof Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
37.09 km² overlap
Kleinberg Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
15.60 km² overlap
Die Poort Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
12.53 km² overlap
4 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Jakkalsdans Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
10.12 km² overlap
Triangle Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
9.89 km² overlap
Kwessie Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
4.26 km² overlap
Gamkapoort Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.90 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 770 distinct species · 36 644 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 36 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 Gamka River : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 34 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.1%, 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°
14,7°C
Annual rain
299mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,78
Runoff
19mm/an
PET
1 384mm
AET
255mm
Mean slope
14,2°
Water table
978cm
Forest
14%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)