HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080017560
Bassin · #1080017560
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 : Sesfontein
Sub-basin area
57km²
Upstream area
57,1km²
Discharge
0,02m³/s
Mean elev.
25m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 54.4 km²95.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Skeleton Coast Park
IUCN IINational Park
53.57 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°
18,4°C
Annual rain
23mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
1 113mm
AET
28mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
477cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
94%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)