HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080008110
Bassin · #1080008110
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 1 administrative regions : Kismaayo
Sub-basin area
276,4km²
Upstream area
276,4km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
14m
Administrative coverage
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 213.3 km²77.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
53 distinct species · 69 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
395mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
1 413mm
AET
335mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
131cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
9%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)