HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080057500
Bassin · #1080057500
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 : Bahati, Gilgil, Ol Kalou
Sub-basin area
469,8km²
Upstream area
470,1km²
Discharge
3,47m³/s
Mean elev.
1 999m
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°
16,4°C
Annual rain
761mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
245mm/an
PET
1 690mm
AET
643mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
243cm
Forest
9%
Crops
17%
Urban
3%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)