HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081620260
Bassin de Orange River (Oranje)
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 : Karas, Namakwa
Sub-basin area
1 058,7km²
Upstream area
796 731,2km²
Discharge
280,18m³/s
Mean elev.
483m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
17,7°C
Annual rain
68mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 450mm
AET
58mm
Mean slope
11,9°
Water table
1 065cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)