HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080473040
Bassin · #5080473040
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
1 745,1km²
Upstream area
12 197,8km²
Discharge
2,28m³/s
Mean elev.
401m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #50804610301879 km²
- Bassin · #50804610401856 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1105.1 km²63.4% of basin
- 637.1 km²36.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Watarru
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
635.34 km² overlap
Anangu Tjutaku
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
364.40 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 20 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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
198mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 764mm
AET
165mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
222cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)