HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081489420
Bassin de Khaudum
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 : Ndiyona, Ngamiland West
Sub-basin area
851,3km²
Upstream area
4 082km²
Discharge
4,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 070m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cwiba1485 km²
- Bassin de Khaudum58 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 536.2 km²63.2% of basin
- 312.4 km²36.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Khaudum
IUCN IINational Park
261.88 km² overlap
George Mukoya
IUCN VICommunity Forest
52.30 km² overlap
George Mukoya
IUCN VICommunal Conservancy
52.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
105 distinct species · 218 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 32 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 Khaudum : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 30 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,7°C
Annual rain
543mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
43mm/an
PET
1 841mm
AET
457mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
98cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)