HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081658950
Bassin de Hex 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 : Cape Winelands
Sub-basin area
830,3km²
Upstream area
830,4km²
Discharge
3,44m³/s
Mean elev.
921m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 829.9 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Matroosberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
469.14 km² overlap
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
16.12 km² overlap
Matroosberg Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
14.61 km² overlap
Whispering Hills Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 482 distinct species · 18 260 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 Hex River : 24 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 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°
13,8°C
Annual rain
442mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
151mm/an
PET
1 303mm
AET
378mm
Mean slope
15,6°
Water table
735cm
Forest
8%
Crops
12%
Urban
4%
Protected
56%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)