HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081581080
Bassin · #1081581080
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 across 2 countries : Aminius, Gemsbok, Ghanzi, Hukunsti
Sub-basin area
1 997km²
Upstream area
1 997km²
Discharge
0,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 232m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1447.1 km²72.6% of basin
- 481.4 km²24.2% of basin
- 45.5 km²2.3% of basin
- 18.4 km²0.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gemsbok
IUCN IbNational Park
56.66 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.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,7°C
Annual rain
278mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 830mm
AET
233mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
151cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)