HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080045950
Bassin · #1080045950
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Afar Zone 1, As Eyla, Siti
Sub-basin area
2 818,2km²
Upstream area
2 818,2km²
Discharge
10,28m³/s
Mean elev.
674m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2760.0 km²98.3% of basin
- 30.7 km²1.1% of basin
- 16.3 km²0.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 7 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
265mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
136mm/an
PET
1 851mm
AET
221mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
673cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)