HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080499520
Bassin · #5080499520
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 : Maralinga Tjarutja, Unincorporated South Australia
Sub-basin area
354,1km²
Upstream area
1 748,2km²
Discharge
0,12m³/s
Mean elev.
233m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #5080497420764 km²
- Bassin · #5080497620630 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 222.0 km²62.8% of basin
- 131.7 km²37.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
IUCN IaIndigenous Protected Area
222.79 km² overlap
Tallaringa
IUCN VIConservation Park
130.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 23 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°
20,3°C
Annual rain
176mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 732mm
AET
146mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
172cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)