HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080007290

Bassin · #1080007290

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 : Burtinle, Eyl, Garoowe

Pfafstetter: 11290200

Sub-basin area

2 737,4km²

Upstream area

2 737,4km²

Discharge

1,1m³/s

Mean elev.

387m

Administrative coverage

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Eyl
Nugaal · Somalia
1824.7 km²
66.9% of basin
Garoowe
Nugaal · Somalia
550.6 km²
20.2% of basin
Burtinle
Nugaal · Somalia
350.5 km²
12.9% of basin

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

Species present

20 distinct species · 22 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°

25,8°C

Annual rain

160mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,91

Runoff

14mm/an

PET

1 861mm

AET

132mm

Mean slope

0,8°

Water table

686cm

Forest

Crops

Urban

Protected

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