HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080016250
Bassin · #1080016250
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 : Luderitz
Sub-basin area
752,6km²
Upstream area
752,8km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
516m
Administrative coverage
4 intersecting protected areas
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
747.38 km² overlap
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
650.04 km² overlap
Tsau // Khaeb (Sperrgebiet)
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
3.66 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
0.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
15,3°C
Annual rain
37mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 145mm
AET
39mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
1 661cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)