Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · nam
Etosha Pan, Lake Oponono & Cuvelai drainage
- Area
- 15 229 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1995
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1995
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 749 distinct species · 270 988 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 Etosha Pan, Lake Oponono & Cuvelai drainage : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 15 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 14.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology54 basins · 12 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
78,6km
Lake surface here
61,03km²
Basins crossed
54
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
174 242km²
Discharge in basins
405,0m³/s
Mean precip.
445mm/an
Mean T°
22,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,77
Mean runoff
5mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 139m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #95020sub-area3 832,9 km²overlap2510.88 km²16%
- Basin #95650sub-area1 160,4 km²overlap1143.56 km²8%
- Bassin de Nipelesub-area948,9 km²overlap787.43 km²5%
- Basin #95580sub-area1 322,2 km²overlap752.12 km²5%
- Basin #93520sub-area697,7 km²overlap692.62 km²5%
- Basin #87780sub-area737,4 km²overlap688.96 km²5%
- Basin #94200sub-area628,6 km²overlap626.68 km²4%
- Bassin de Ekumasub-area616,9 km²overlap615.04 km²4%
- Basin #97960sub-area972,7 km²overlap603.84 km²4%
45 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #94220sub-area1 779,2 km²overlap491.32 km²3%
- Basin #93850sub-area437 km²overlap435.69 km²3%
- Basin #96650sub-area398,7 km²overlap375.65 km²2%
- Basin #97970sub-area313,7 km²overlap312.79 km²2%
- Basin #94900sub-area313,8 km²overlap312.78 km²2%
- Basin #98620sub-area2 408,9 km²overlap310.77 km²2%
- Basin #97870sub-area541,4 km²overlap302.34 km²2%
- Basin #90020sub-area797,3 km²overlap288.52 km²2%
- Basin #88020sub-area491,3 km²overlap270.96 km²2%
- Basin #96730sub-area268,4 km²overlap267.56 km²2%
- Basin #97030sub-area245,1 km²overlap244.33 km²2%
- Basin #88360sub-area266,1 km²overlap236.84 km²2%
- Basin #92870sub-area232,8 km²overlap232.07 km²2%
- Basin #93590sub-area226 km²overlap225.31 km²1%
- Bassin de Oshigambosub-area826,6 km²overlap211.63 km²1%
- Basin #94060sub-area203,3 km²overlap202.63 km²1%
- Basin #93860sub-area199,8 km²overlap199.16 km²1%
- Bassin de Omuthiyasub-area262,8 km²overlap197.21 km²1%
- Basin #98670sub-area179,9 km²overlap179.34 km²1%
- Bassin de Ekumasub-area179,1 km²overlap175.62 km²1%
- Basin #00390sub-area673,6 km²overlap156.54 km²1%
- Bassin de Nugamessub-area530,5 km²overlap153.66 km²1%
- Bassin de Oshigambosub-area802,4 km²overlap122.36 km²1%
- Basin #97790sub-area213,3 km²overlap121.84 km²1%
- Basin #89970sub-area731,9 km²overlap115.75 km²1%
- Basin #93060sub-area121,6 km²overlap115.33 km²1%
- Basin #97150sub-area91,8 km²overlap91.55 km²1%
- Basin #93650sub-area67 km²overlap66.84 km²0%
- Basin #99070sub-area766,8 km²overlap56.91 km²0%
- Basin #00990sub-area1 372,9 km²overlap54.95 km²0%
- Basin #99140sub-area156,9 km²overlap49.70 km²0%
- Bassin de Omuthiyasub-area253,5 km²overlap37.10 km²0%
- Basin #92950sub-area35,9 km²overlap35.79 km²0%
- Basin #00330sub-area322,2 km²overlap35.51 km²0%
- Basin #94890sub-area31 km²overlap30.90 km²0%
- Basin #01190sub-area400,6 km²overlap29.06 km²0%
- Basin #01320sub-area242,2 km²overlap22.23 km²0%
- Basin #00980sub-area19,4 km²overlap19.30 km²0%
- Basin #91520sub-area394,4 km²overlap6.47 km²0%
- Bassin de Omuthiyasub-area181,5 km²overlap5.18 km²0%
- Basin #87710sub-area1 508,4 km²overlap3.50 km²0%
- Bassin de Ekumasub-area1 881,4 km²overlap2.47 km²0%
- Basin #40240sub-area2 km²overlap1.95 km²0%
- Basin #94810sub-area0,6 km²overlap0.57 km²0%
- Bassin de Omuramba Ovambosub-area239,5 km²overlap0.18 km²0%
Lakes (12, top by area)
- Etosha Panarea40,1 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lake #82627area8,2 km²avg depth2.2 m
- Otjivalunda Saltpan #2area4,2 km²avg depth3.6 m
- Lake #82613area3,8 km²avg depth2.9 m
- Adamax Panarea2 km²avg depth1.8 m
- Lake #82621area2 km²avg depth2.3 m
- Lake #82607area1,1 km²avg depth2.5 m
- Lake #82610area1 km²avg depth1.4 m
- Lac 1415517area0,9 km²avg depth1.6 m
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -18.93584, 16.27428
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.