HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081581730
Bassin · #1081581730
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
21,1km²
Upstream area
2 854,7km²
Discharge
0,24m³/s
Mean elev.
298m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10815810701474 km²
- Bassin · #10815809801020 km²
2 intersecting protected areas
Namib Sand Sea
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
21.09 km² overlap
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
21.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
17,3°C
Annual rain
34mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,98
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 364mm
AET
30mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
971cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)