HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080541520
Bassin · #1080541520
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 : Atbara, Sinkat
Sub-basin area
484,2km²
Upstream area
3 684,8km²
Discharge
1,57m³/s
Mean elev.
399m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080543660638 km²
- Bassin · #1080543910274 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 442.6 km²91.7% of basin
- 40.0 km²8.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
29,4°C
Annual rain
102mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,95
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
2 227mm
AET
81mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
106cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)