HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080045930
Bassin · #1080045930
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 2, Areta'
Sub-basin area
2 252,4km²
Upstream area
2 252,6km²
Discharge
15,79m³/s
Mean elev.
204m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1577.4 km²70.3% of basin
- 666.7 km²29.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 14 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°
29,0°C
Annual rain
237mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
257mm/an
PET
1 924mm
AET
198mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
693cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)