HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080732170
Bassin · #1080732170
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Afar Zone 1, Balho, Galafi, Yuboki
Sub-basin area
1 577,9km²
Upstream area
1 578,1km²
Discharge
1,01m³/s
Mean elev.
461m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1476.6 km²93.9% of basin
- 63.0 km²4.0% of basin
- 32.2 km²2.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 80 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°
28,1°C
Annual rain
172mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
67mm/an
PET
1 791mm
AET
143mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
780cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)