HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080016650
Bassin · #1080016650
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 : Gibeon
Sub-basin area
9,5km²
Upstream area
9,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
2 intersecting protected areas
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
9.27 km² overlap
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
7.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
12mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 003mm
AET
24mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
29cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
82%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)