HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081468820
Bassin de Okavango
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 across 2 countries : Cuangar, Mpungu
Sub-basin area
418,7km²
Upstream area
70 953,5km²
Discharge
191,58m³/s
Mean elev.
1 143m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cubango279 km²
- Bassin de Cubango62 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cuangar249.5 km²59.8% of basin
- 167.8 km²40.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
220 distinct species · 721 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 20 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Okavango : 19 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 14 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 7.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,8°C
Annual rain
640mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
31mm/an
PET
1 929mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
199cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)