HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080016410
Bassin · #1080016410
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 2 administrative regions : Gibeon, Luderitz
Sub-basin area
1 311,4km²
Upstream area
1 311,4km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
243m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 776.6 km²59.3% of basin
- 517.4 km²39.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
1283.92 km² overlap
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1282.03 km² overlap
Marine Protected Area
24.75 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 20 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°
16,3°C
Annual rain
26mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 184mm
AET
28mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
1 213cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)