HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080375570
Bassin · #5080375570
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 : East Pilbara, Ngaanyatjarraku
Sub-basin area
650,8km²
Upstream area
4 986,3km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
383m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #50803748701350 km²
- Bassin · #50803750801198 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.7 km²54.8% of basin
- 293.6 km²45.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kiwirrkurra
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
503.64 km² overlap
Ngaanyatjarra
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
145.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 43 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
213mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 936mm
AET
178mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
390cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)