HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081574890
Bassin · #1081574890
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 1 administrative regions : Gibeon
Sub-basin area
186,5km²
Upstream area
186,7km²
Discharge
0,06m³/s
Mean elev.
862m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 intersecting protected areas
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
186.13 km² overlap
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
186.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
18,1°C
Annual rain
78mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 594mm
AET
65mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
1 425cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)