HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080485290
Bassin · #5080485290
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
1 005,9km²
Upstream area
8 522,1km²
Discharge
2,91m³/s
Mean elev.
376m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #50804787301771 km²
- Bassin · #5080478720467 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 826.7 km²82.3% of basin
- 177.7 km²17.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Mamungari
IUCN IaConservation Park
177.71 km² overlap
Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
177.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 7 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
197mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
5mm/an
PET
1 749mm
AET
164mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
331cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)