HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080096170
Bassin · #5080096170
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 : Anangu Pitjantjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja
Sub-basin area
1 575,8km²
Upstream area
1 575,8km²
Discharge
0,08m³/s
Mean elev.
393m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1517.0 km²96.4% of basin
- 56.4 km²3.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Walalkara
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
608.40 km² overlap
Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
IUCN IaIndigenous Protected Area
56.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 11 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,8°C
Annual rain
204mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 749mm
AET
170mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
455cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
39%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)