HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080007220

Bassin · #1080007220

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 : Bander-Beyla, Eyl, Qardho

Pfafstetter: 11270008

Sub-basin area

2 050,9km²

Upstream area

2 050,9km²

Discharge

1,05m³/s

Mean elev.

392m

Administrative coverage

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Eyl
Nugaal · Somalia
1565.9 km²
76.7% of basin
Qardho
Bari · Somalia
382.9 km²
18.8% of basin
Bander-Beyla
Bari · Somalia
93.4 km²
4.6% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

9 distinct species · 9 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°

26,4°C

Annual rain

147mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,92

Runoff

16mm/an

PET

1 913mm

AET

121mm

Mean slope

1,0°

Water table

531cm

Forest

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)