HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080539690
Bassin · #5080539690
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
230,9km²
Upstream area
230,9km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
146m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 207.8 km²90.1% of basin
- 22.8 km²9.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
IUCN IaIndigenous Protected Area
207.81 km² overlap
Nullarbor
IUCN VIRegional Reserve
19.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 27 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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
195mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
1 581mm
AET
164mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
72cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)