HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080008430
Bassin · #1080008430
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 : Garsen, Lamu West
Sub-basin area
586,4km²
Upstream area
586,6km²
Discharge
2,69m³/s
Mean elev.
17m
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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 027mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
196mm/an
PET
1 471mm
AET
854mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
36cm
Forest
93%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)