HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080651270
Bassin · #1080651270
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 2, Areta', Ghelaelo'
Sub-basin area
1 339,8km²
Upstream area
1 339,8km²
Discharge
4,73m³/s
Mean elev.
28m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 628.2 km²47.1% of basin
- 553.4 km²41.5% of basin
- 153.3 km²11.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
29,6°C
Annual rain
235mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
264mm/an
PET
1 928mm
AET
195mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
495cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)