HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080016700
Bassin · #1080016700
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, Walvisbay Rural
Sub-basin area
542,2km²
Upstream area
542,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
96m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 499.5 km²92.4% of basin
- 41.3 km²7.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
540.90 km² overlap
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
540.76 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°
18,2°C
Annual rain
14mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 420mm
AET
14mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
1 053cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)