HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080008340
Bassin · #1080008340
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 2 administrative regions : Lamu East, Lamu West
Sub-basin area
451,4km²
Upstream area
451,4km²
Discharge
1,42m³/s
Mean elev.
11m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
820mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
244mm/an
PET
1 435mm
AET
694mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
35cm
Forest
89%
Crops
3%
Urban
2%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)