HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081507780
Bassin de Omatako
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 : Grootfontein, Okakarara
Sub-basin area
81km²
Upstream area
41 839,1km²
Discharge
17,97m³/s
Mean elev.
1 222m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Gunib105 km²
- Bassin de Omatako105 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 73.1 km²90.4% of basin
- 7.7 km²9.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Otjituuo
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
73.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
445mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 762mm
AET
374mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
101cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)