HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080396850
Bassin · #5080396850
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 : Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna
Sub-basin area
451,3km²
Upstream area
451,3km²
Discharge
0,03m³/s
Mean elev.
428m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 344.4 km²76.5% of basin
- 105.9 km²23.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Birriliburu
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
208.96 km² overlap
Birriliburu
IUCN IIIIndigenous Protected Area
142.05 km² overlap
Gibson Desert
IUCN IaNature Reserve
99.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
182mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 907mm
AET
151mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
117cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)