HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080040320
Bassin · #1080040320
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 across 2 countries : Afar Zone 1, As Eyla
Sub-basin area
15,6km²
Upstream area
94 540,7km²
Discharge
285,76m³/s
Mean elev.
240m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080769630160 km²
- Bassin · #10807696205 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 14.9 km²95.9% of basin
- 0.6 km²4.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 3 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°
29,8°C
Annual rain
154mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
1 902mm
AET
127mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
7cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)