HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080016320
Bassin · #1080016320
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
316,2km²
Upstream area
316,2km²
Discharge
0,14m³/s
Mean elev.
338m
Administrative coverage
3 intersecting protected areas
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
315.47 km² overlap
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
315.30 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
0.14 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°
15,8°C
Annual rain
31mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 157mm
AET
34mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
1 621cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)