HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081498850
Bassin · #1081498850
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 : Mashare, Tsumkwe
Sub-basin area
514,2km²
Upstream area
514,6km²
Discharge
0,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 202m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 338.6 km²66.1% of basin
- 174.0 km²33.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
492mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
25mm/an
PET
1 815mm
AET
415mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
103cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
73%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)