HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081581850
Bassin · #1081581850
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
277,7km²
Upstream area
277,7km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
365m
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)
277.06 km² overlap
Namib-Naukluft
IUCN IINational Park
277.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
17,2°C
Annual rain
44mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,97
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
1 404mm
AET
36mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
1 333cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)