HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081525510
Bassin de Epukiro
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 across 2 countries : Ghanzi, Ngamiland West, Otjombinde
Sub-basin area
1 794,2km²
Upstream area
22 112,6km²
Discharge
6,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 090m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Epukiro634 km²
- Bassin de Rooiboklaagte7 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1025.4 km²57.3% of basin
- 613.3 km²34.3% of basin
- 150.5 km²8.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Eiseb
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
1008.64 km² overlap
Omuramba Ua Mbinda
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
25.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
42 distinct species · 54 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
407mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,78
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
342mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
227cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
58%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)