HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081623650
Bassin de Orange 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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Karas, Keetmanshoop Rural, Siyanda
Sub-basin area
71,1km²
Upstream area
748 210,7km²
Discharge
435,45m³/s
Mean elev.
598m
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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
129mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
8mm/an
PET
1 866mm
AET
106mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
733cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
49%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)