HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080659780
Bassin · #1080659780
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 across 2 countries : Afar Zone 2, Areta'
Sub-basin area
1 475,6km²
Upstream area
1 475,6km²
Discharge
8,09m³/s
Mean elev.
140m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 813.0 km²55.3% of basin
- 657.1 km²44.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
29,3°C
Annual rain
241mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,87
Runoff
298mm/an
PET
1 936mm
AET
201mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
578cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)