HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081658560
Bassin de Olifantsrivier
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 : Cacadu, Central Karoo, Eden
Sub-basin area
2 417km²
Upstream area
6 574,2km²
Discharge
7,41m³/s
Mean elev.
838m
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°
14,8°C
Annual rain
476mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
1 304mm
AET
406mm
Mean slope
11,3°
Water table
631cm
Forest
15%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)