HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081513320
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 3 administrative regions : Grootfontein, Okakarara, Otavi
Sub-basin area
304,8km²
Upstream area
34 744,9km²
Discharge
15,71m³/s
Mean elev.
1 320m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Omitjete866 km²
- Bassin de Omatako385 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 190.9 km²62.8% of basin
- 64.6 km²21.3% of basin
- 48.5 km²16.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Otjituuo
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
66.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
462mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,74
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
1 746mm
AET
389mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
246cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)