HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080081170
Bassin · #1080081170
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 : Kikuyu, Limuru
Sub-basin area
28,7km²
Upstream area
29km²
Discharge
0,08m³/s
Mean elev.
2 038m
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
974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
96mm/an
PET
1 432mm
AET
823mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
350cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
19%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)