HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081659690
Bassin de Grootrivier
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 : Eden
Sub-basin area
1 369,3km²
Upstream area
13 289,7km²
Discharge
8,09m³/s
Mean elev.
392m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Buffelsrivier1815 km²
- Bassin de Touwsrivier1 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1368.8 km²100.0% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
124.88 km² overlap
Langeberg-East Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
52.15 km² overlap
Rooiberg Mountain Catchment Area
IUCN Not ReportedMountain Catchment Area
41.41 km² overlap
Wolwekop Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
30.22 km² overlap
Thornhill Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
19.89 km² overlap
Rietkraal Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
9.22 km² overlap
Jakkalsdans Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
6.58 km² overlap
Doringkloof Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
2.74 km² overlap
Taayskloof Private Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
0.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 243 distinct species · 27 091 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 Grootrivier : 30 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
16,2°C
Annual rain
353mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,74
Runoff
28mm/an
PET
1 393mm
AET
301mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
917cm
Forest
5%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)