HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081486050
Bassin · #1081486050
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 3 administrative regions : Okahao, Opuwo, Ruacana
Sub-basin area
552,9km²
Upstream area
552,9km²
Discharge
0,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 191m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 292.9 km²53.1% of basin
- 138.2 km²25.1% of basin
- 120.1 km²21.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Sheya Shuushona
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
282.41 km² overlap
Otuzemba
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
107.40 km² overlap
Okongoro
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
14.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 53 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
352mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 774mm
AET
296mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
78cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
73%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)