HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081658890
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 2 administrative regions : Central Karoo, Eden
Sub-basin area
2 593,7km²
Upstream area
10 993,9km²
Discharge
14,93m³/s
Mean elev.
587m
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°
15,8°C
Annual rain
358mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,74
Runoff
33mm/an
PET
1 389mm
AET
305mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
803cm
Forest
25%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)