HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080487300
Bassin · #5080487300
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
604km²
Upstream area
604km²
Discharge
0,06m³/s
Mean elev.
387m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 437.8 km²72.6% of basin
- 165.3 km²27.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mamungari
IUCN IaConservation Park
165.34 km² overlap
Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
165.34 km² overlap
Watarru
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
54.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
19,7°C
Annual rain
192mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 735mm
AET
160mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
626cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)