HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080003410
Bassin · #1080003410
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 3 administrative regions : Afabet, Karora, Nakfa
Sub-basin area
942,4km²
Upstream area
942,4km²
Discharge
3,03m³/s
Mean elev.
671m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 812.9 km²86.6% of basin
- 99.5 km²10.6% of basin
- 26.7 km²2.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
294mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
70mm/an
PET
1 833mm
AET
246mm
Mean slope
10,0°
Water table
877cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)