HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080461040
Bassin · #5080461040
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, Laverton
Sub-basin area
1 855,9km²
Upstream area
1 856,1km²
Discharge
0,46m³/s
Mean elev.
490m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1509.5 km²81.5% of basin
- 343.2 km²18.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Watarru
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
1507.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 46 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
219mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
7mm/an
PET
1 759mm
AET
183mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
374cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)