HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081608780
Bassin de Nossob
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Gemsbok, Siyanda, Tshabong
Sub-basin area
1 287,3km²
Upstream area
159 875,9km²
Discharge
2,62m³/s
Mean elev.
904m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Auob513 km²
- Bassin de Nossob300 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 941.5 km²73.3% of basin
- 334.7 km²26.0% of basin
- 8.7 km²0.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
78.04 km² overlap
Gemsbok
IUCN IbNational Park
8.58 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
626 distinct species · 14 058 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Nossob : 19 espèces reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 8.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,0°C
Annual rain
205mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 863mm
AET
171mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
224cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)