HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081596440
Bassin de Molopo
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati, Tshabong
Sub-basin area
69,4km²
Upstream area
78 193,6km²
Discharge
39,03m³/s
Mean elev.
999m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Molopo813 km²
- Bassin de Molopo272 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 36.1 km²52.1% of basin
- 33.2 km²47.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Molopo Provincial Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ReportedNature Reserve
1.73 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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
328mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,82
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
1 824mm
AET
275mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
76cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)