Commune · ZAF
Lekwa
South Africa
Species observed
1 118
Observations
92 969
Area
4 585,2km²
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 Lekwa : 21 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Species present
1 118 distinct species · 92 969 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
15,2°C
Annual rain
669mm
Warmest m°
24,4°C
Coldest m°
2,1°C
Elevation: 1 597 m on average (min 1 504 m, max 1 728 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
13,5g/kg
Clay
29,4%
Sand
54,1%
Silt
16,5%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiMaggregated to Gert Sibande
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology19 basins · 32 lakes · 18 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
631,9km
Lake surface here
44,98km²
Basins crossed
19
Max stream order
6
Max drainage
15 585km²
Discharge in basins
44,8m³/s
Mean precip.
691mm/an
Mean T°
15,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,52
Mean runoff
35mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 618m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Vaal Riversub-area2 065,4 km²overlap1862.13 km²41%
- Bassin de Blesbokspruitsub-area1 228,3 km²overlap752.77 km²16%
- Bassin de Vaal Riversub-area878,2 km²overlap384.27 km²8%
- Bassin de Boesmanspruitsub-area489 km²overlap353.51 km²8%
- Bassin de Vaal Riversub-area1 659,6 km²overlap286.55 km²6%
- Bassin de Watervalriversub-area699,5 km²overlap252.51 km²6%
- Bassin de Renosterloopsub-area1 358,9 km²overlap195.32 km²4%
- Bassin de Klipriviersub-area403,3 km²overlap140.83 km²3%
- Bassin de Sandspruitsub-area1 207,6 km²overlap131.53 km²3%
10 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Watervalriversub-area152 km²overlap90.94 km²2%
- Bassin de Watervalriversub-area100,9 km²overlap61.32 km²1%
- Bassin de Klipriviersub-area191,5 km²overlap45.06 km²1%
- Bassin de Klipriviersub-area23,7 km²overlap14.95 km²0%
- Bassin de Vaal Riversub-area9,9 km²overlap4.64 km²0%
- Bassin de Vaal Riversub-area318,5 km²overlap2.84 km²0%
- Bassin de Klipriviersub-area644,4 km²overlap2.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Grootspruitsub-area279,3 km²overlap2.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Suikerbosrand Riversub-area1 568,5 km²overlap1.30 km²0%
- Bassin de Spruitsonderdrifsub-area759 km²overlap0.35 km²0%
Lakes (32, top by area)
- Grootdraaidamarea37,7 km²avg depth9.6 m
- Lake #83399area1,3 km²avg depth4.0 m
- Grootvleiarea1,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1419597area0,4 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1419619area0,3 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1419647area0,3 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lac 1419625area0,3 km²avg depth3.3 m
- Lac 1419798area0,3 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1419636area0,3 km²avg depth3.6 m
23 more lakes
- Lac 1419817area0,3 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1419807area0,2 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1419696area0,2 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1419574area0,2 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1419808area0,2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1419589area0,2 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1419718area0,2 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lac 1419809area0,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1419821area0,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1419562area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1419832area0,2 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1419686area0,2 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Lac 1419915area0,2 km²avg depth3.4 m
- Lac 1419640area0,2 km²avg depth2.6 m
- Lac 1419611area0,2 km²avg depth2.7 m
- Lac 1419924area0,2 km²avg depth3.8 m
- Lac 1419584area0,2 km²avg depth1.9 m
- Lac 1419834area0,2 km²avg depth3.0 m
- Lac 1419836area0,2 km²avg depth2.8 m
- Lac 1419700area0,1 km²avg depth2.4 m
- Lac 1419669area0,1 km²avg depth2.1 m
- Lac 1419837area0,1 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lac 1419859area0,1 km²avg depth2.4 m
Rivers / streams (18, ord ≥ 4)
- Vaal Riverord 7len here229.14 km10%total2358 km
- Blesbokspruitord 4len here55.57 km24%total233 km
- Watervalriverord 6len here51.63 km37%total140 km
- Kliprivierord 5len here47.07 km19%total254 km
- Boesmanspruitord 3len here32.70 km48%total68 km
- Kaalspruitord 3len here31.72 km100%total32 km
- Wolwespruitord 3len here28.05 km50%total56 km
- Kwaggalaagteord 2len here25.59 km72%total35 km
- Sandspruitord 3len here22.69 km8%total275 km
- Osspruitord 4len here20.22 km30%total68 km
- Katbos Spruitord 3len here17.33 km100%total17 km
- Rietspruitord 4len here15.82 km5%total308 km
6 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,3nW
Built-up
24,8%
Pesticides
47,9kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)