HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080016850
Bassin de Swakop River
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 3 administrative regions : Arandis, Swakopmund, Walvisbay Rural
Sub-basin area
578,4km²
Upstream area
29 452km²
Discharge
15,71m³/s
Mean elev.
237m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
17,3°C
Annual rain
19mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
1 476mm
AET
16mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
1 133cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
87%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)