HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081658940
Bassin de Breede 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 : Cape Winelands, Overberg
Sub-basin area
2 138,1km²
Upstream area
2 138,1km²
Discharge
27,22m³/s
Mean elev.
703m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2137.1 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
10 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
429.95 km² overlap
Hawequas Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
331.48 km² overlap
Matroosberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
189.74 km² overlap
Koue Bokkeveld Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
127.84 km² overlap
Ceres Bergfynbos Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
69.56 km² overlap
Winterhoek Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
11.74 km² overlap
Wakkerstroom Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.54 km² overlap
Quaggas Berg Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.84 km² overlap
Opdrag Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.64 km² overlap
1 more protected areassorted by overlap area
Mont Rochelle Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 927 distinct species · 121 680 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 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 Breede River : 27 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
14,6°C
Annual rain
699mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
287mm/an
PET
1 301mm
AET
571mm
Mean slope
12,9°
Water table
558cm
Forest
32%
Crops
24%
Urban
2%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)