HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081519050
Bassin de Otjozondjou Omuramba
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 4 administrative regions : Epukiro, Okakarara, Otjinene, Tsumkwe
Sub-basin area
683,2km²
Upstream area
4 214,5km²
Discharge
2,35m³/s
Mean elev.
1 282m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 385.7 km²56.6% of basin
- 233.6 km²34.3% of basin
- 61.1 km²9.0% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Okamatipati
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
215.42 km² overlap
African Wild Dog
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
75.33 km² overlap
Epukiro
IUCN Not ReportedCommunity Forest
1.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
23 distinct species · 24 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
426mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
1 783mm
AET
359mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
310cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)