World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) · nam
Namib Sand Sea
- Area
- 30 758 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Applicable
- Year
- 2013
Overview
- Designation
- World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
- Established
- 2013
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 029 distinct species · 21 533 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Namib Sand Sea : 37 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology64 basins · 0 lakes · 10 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
349,7km
Basins crossed
64
Max stream order
5
Max drainage
16 815km²
Discharge in basins
13,5m³/s
Mean precip.
51mm/an
Mean T°
16,9°C
Moisture idx
-0,96
Mean runoff
4mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
549m
Watersheds crossing here
- Basin #16530sub-area2 105,1 km²overlap2087.56 km²7%
- Basin #50960sub-area2 009,9 km²overlap1982.80 km²6%
- Basin #47240sub-area1 772 km²overlap1767.97 km²6%
- Basin #16520sub-area1 639,2 km²overlap1635.70 km²5%
- Bassin de Duwisibsub-area6 760,7 km²overlap1509.46 km²5%
- Basin #81070sub-area1 474 km²overlap1470.71 km²5%
- Basin #16410sub-area1 311,4 km²overlap1282.03 km²4%
- Bassin de Tsondabsub-area4 680 km²overlap1224.97 km²4%
- Bassin de Tsauchabsub-area2 455,5 km²overlap1081.86 km²4%
55 more basinssorted by overlap
- Basin #80980sub-area1 019,7 km²overlap1017.38 km²3%
- Basin #16270sub-area957,4 km²overlap955.21 km²3%
- Basin #51290sub-area950,8 km²overlap948.66 km²3%
- Basin #83100sub-area921,8 km²overlap919.82 km²3%
- Basin #16640sub-area872,6 km²overlap870.67 km²3%
- Basin #54210sub-area659,4 km²overlap658.03 km²2%
- Basin #16250sub-area752,6 km²overlap650.04 km²2%
- Basin #55640sub-area577,2 km²overlap575.59 km²2%
- Basin #16680sub-area544 km²overlap542.77 km²2%
- Basin #16700sub-area542,2 km²overlap540.90 km²2%
- Bassin de Lüderitz Speed Challenge Canalsub-area3 100 km²overlap537.07 km²2%
- Basin #57800sub-area530,9 km²overlap529.84 km²2%
- Basin #16300sub-area514,9 km²overlap513.74 km²2%
- Basin #16710sub-area618,6 km²overlap505.22 km²2%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area626,3 km²overlap448.81 km²1%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area644 km²overlap442.75 km²1%
- Bassin de Tsauchabsub-area387,8 km²overlap386.92 km²1%
- Bassin de Tsauchabsub-area481,8 km²overlap380.89 km²1%
- Basin #50640sub-area1 034 km²overlap366.32 km²1%
- Basin #16320sub-area316,2 km²overlap315.30 km²1%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area304 km²overlap303.31 km²1%
- Basin #81850sub-area277,7 km²overlap277.06 km²1%
- Basin #16740sub-area855,4 km²overlap275.86 km²1%
- Basin #16360sub-area263,2 km²overlap262.53 km²1%
- Basin #16400sub-area243,1 km²overlap242.54 km²1%
- Bassin de Gaubsub-area381,1 km²overlap225.65 km²1%
- Basin #66980sub-area200,4 km²overlap199.95 km²1%
- Basin #16660sub-area188,8 km²overlap188.37 km²1%
- Basin #74890sub-area186,5 km²overlap186.13 km²1%
- Basin #16280sub-area182,2 km²overlap172.43 km²1%
- Basin #16690sub-area169,5 km²overlap167.97 km²1%
- Basin #53280sub-area1 007,9 km²overlap157.23 km²1%
- Basin #74960sub-area153,2 km²overlap152.88 km²0%
- Basin #42560sub-area150,5 km²overlap150.22 km²0%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area356 km²overlap148.30 km²0%
- Basin #51310sub-area944,7 km²overlap145.22 km²0%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area1 747,6 km²overlap132.50 km²0%
- Basin #16370sub-area138,1 km²overlap127.86 km²0%
- Basin #16330sub-area128 km²overlap120.92 km²0%
- Basin #16260sub-area130,4 km²overlap120.07 km²0%
- Basin #83060sub-area116,9 km²overlap116.64 km²0%
- Basin #69170sub-area164,5 km²overlap105.07 km²0%
- Basin #16670sub-area99,9 km²overlap93.07 km²0%
- Basin #45820sub-area2 308,5 km²overlap89.01 km²0%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area116,1 km²overlap80.09 km²0%
- Bassin de Koichabsub-area847 km²overlap67.79 km²0%
- Bassin de Rutilesub-area1 104,8 km²overlap63.95 km²0%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area255,8 km²overlap53.13 km²0%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area144,3 km²overlap41.10 km²0%
- Basin #43610sub-area34,1 km²overlap34.00 km²0%
- Bassin de Kuisebsub-area207,4 km²overlap27.68 km²0%
- Basin #81730sub-area21,1 km²overlap21.09 km²0%
- Bassin de Aubsub-area1 057 km²overlap15.89 km²0%
- Basin #16650sub-area9,5 km²overlap9.27 km²0%
- Basin #16310sub-area5,7 km²overlap3.48 km²0%
Rivers / streams (10, ord ≥ 4)
- Kuisebord 5len here138.95 km20%total702 km
- Tsondabord 5len here78.46 km33%total234 km
- Tsauchabord 5len here44.84 km31%total143 km
- Gaubord 4len here43.44 km18%total246 km
- Diepord 4len here22.74 km24%total95 km
- Tsauchabord 4len here11.57 km100%total12 km
- Aubord 4len here7.84 km9%total89 km
- Paradysord 1len here1.06 km7%total15 km
- Soutord 5len here0.71 km3%total23 km
- Aussinanisord 3len here0.10 km0%total29 km
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -24.65446, 15.18348
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.