HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080056700
Bassin · #1080056700
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 : Luderitz
Sub-basin area
710,4km²
Upstream area
710,4km²
Discharge
0,04m³/s
Mean elev.
415m
Administrative coverage
2 intersecting protected areas
Tsau // Khaeb (Sperrgebiet)
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
408.47 km² overlap
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
300.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 43 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°
15,3°C
Annual rain
32mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 109mm
AET
37mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
1 600cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)