HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081621910
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Luderitz, Namakwa, Oranjemund
Sub-basin area
667,5km²
Upstream area
882 836,9km²
Discharge
309,27m³/s
Mean elev.
301m
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°
17,5°C
Annual rain
54mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,96
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
1 356mm
AET
48mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
1 297cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)