HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081627770
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, Namakwa, Siyanda
Sub-basin area
1 925,2km²
Upstream area
762 211,4km²
Discharge
435,96m³/s
Mean elev.
723m
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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
118mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 838mm
AET
97mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
1 097cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)