HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081607910
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 : Siyanda, Tshabong
Sub-basin area
61,7km²
Upstream area
108 271,9km²
Discharge
48,75m³/s
Mean elev.
910m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Molopo1482 km²
- Bassin de Molopo359 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 35.1 km²57.0% of basin
- 26.5 km²43.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
19,8°C
Annual rain
197mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 827mm
AET
164mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
215cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)