HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080017980
Bassin · #1080017980
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 : Epupa, Opuwo
Sub-basin area
152,6km²
Upstream area
152,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
99m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 132.5 km²87.1% of basin
- 16.8 km²11.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Skeleton Coast Park
IUCN IINational Park
147.35 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 11 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°
18,3°C
Annual rain
29mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
1 041mm
AET
35mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
583cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)