HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081616220
Bassin de Bak River
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 : Karas, Keetmanshoop Rural
Sub-basin area
1 477,9km²
Upstream area
3 086,1km²
Discharge
0,16m³/s
Mean elev.
862m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Hangas892 km²
- Bassin de Bak River717 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1409.2 km²95.5% of basin
- 66.3 km²4.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 21 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
138mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 859mm
AET
113mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
211cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)