HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081550180
Bassin de Swakop River
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 : Karibib, Okahandja, Windhoek Rural
Sub-basin area
654,5km²
Upstream area
9 145,5km²
Discharge
5,38m³/s
Mean elev.
1 246m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,6°C
Annual rain
291mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
1 880mm
AET
244mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
827cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)