HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080490050
Bassin · #5080490050
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 : Laverton, Maralinga Tjarutja
Sub-basin area
234,3km²
Upstream area
20 317,5km²
Discharge
3,88m³/s
Mean elev.
349m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #5080487300604 km²
- Bassin · #5080487240587 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 190.3 km²81.3% of basin
- 43.7 km²18.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Anangu Tjutaku
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
190.61 km² overlap
Mamungari
IUCN IaConservation Park
43.37 km² overlap
Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
IUCN VIIndigenous Protected Area
43.37 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 16 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
183mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 727mm
AET
153mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
549cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)