Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080057800

Bassin · #1080057800

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

EndorheicPfafstetter: 12800703

Sub-basin area

530,9km²

Upstream area

530,9km²

Discharge

0,02m³/s

Mean elev.

788m

Administrative coverage

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Namib Sand Sea

    IUCN Not Applicable

    World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)

    529.84 km² overlap

  • Namib-Naukluft

    IUCN II

    National Park

    529.84 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

4 distinct species · 4 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

4 obs · 2 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 3
3–2
3–2
3–2
< 3

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

15,2°C

Annual rain

54mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,96

Runoff

3mm/an

PET

1 221mm

AET

51mm

Mean slope

4,2°

Water table

1 569cm

Forest

0%

Crops

0%

Urban

0%

Protected

100%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)