HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081620470
Bassin de Swartdood
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 : Luderitz, Namakwa, Oranjemund
Sub-basin area
594km²
Upstream area
881 229,9km²
Discharge
308,94m³/s
Mean elev.
494m
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°
17,6°C
Annual rain
64mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 412mm
AET
55mm
Mean slope
13,0°
Water table
1 084cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)