HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081659510
Bassin de Kouga 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
470,2km²
Upstream area
2 014,5km²
Discharge
13,62m³/s
Mean elev.
623m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kouga River1285 km²
- Bassin de Waboomsrivier259 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 470.1 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Skilderkrantz Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
75.65 km² overlap
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
70.27 km² overlap
Stuurmanskraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
3.41 km² overlap
Kromme Riviers Hoogte Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
693 distinct species · 2 529 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 Kouga River : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
15,0°C
Annual rain
796mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
97mm/an
PET
1 193mm
AET
677mm
Mean slope
13,8°
Water table
735cm
Forest
67%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)