HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081567650
Bassin de Rutile
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 : Arandis, Karibib, Walvisbay Rural, Windhoek Rural
Sub-basin area
1 104,8km²
Upstream area
7 321,9km²
Discharge
2,23m³/s
Mean elev.
942m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nausgomab1555 km²
- Bassin de Chausib577 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.4 km²32.2% of basin
- 315.0 km²28.6% of basin
- 284.7 km²25.8% of basin
- 147.1 km²13.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
594.94 km² overlap
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
63.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
562 distinct species · 2 850 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rutile : 23 espèces reliées par 19 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,9°C
Annual rain
141mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
1 791mm
AET
116mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
1 082cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
54%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)