HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080016360
Bassin · #1080016360
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
263,2km²
Upstream area
263,4km²
Discharge
0,06m³/s
Mean elev.
138m
Administrative coverage
3 intersecting protected areas
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
262.64 km² overlap
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
262.53 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
0.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
16,1°C
Annual rain
25mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 144mm
AET
30mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
1 488cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)