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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081580980

Bassin · #1081580980

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

EndorheicPfafstetter: 12800837

Sub-basin area

1 019,7km²

Upstream area

1 359,8km²

Discharge

0,16m³/s

Mean elev.

650m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin · #108158173021 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Namib Sand Sea

    IUCN Not Applicable

    World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)

    1017.38 km² overlap

  • Namib-Naukluft

    IUCN II

    National Park

    1017.38 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

14 distinct species · 17 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

17 obs · 8 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 3
3–2
2–2
2–1
< 2

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

18,3°C

Annual rain

48mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,97

Runoff

2mm/an

PET

1 546mm

AET

40mm

Mean slope

4,1°

Water table

1 315cm

Forest

0%

Crops

0%

Urban

0%

Protected

100%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)