HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080769480
Bassin de ዓባይ ወንዝ / Abay
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 : Debub Gondar, Misraq Gojjam
Sub-basin area
552,2km²
Upstream area
22 005,5km²
Discharge
297,8m³/s
Mean elev.
2 172m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de ዓባይ ወንዝ / Abay952 km²
- Bassin de ዓባይ ወንዝ / Abay358 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 423.1 km²76.9% of basin
- 127.0 km²23.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 49 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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
1 295mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
282mm/an
PET
1 641mm
AET
883mm
Mean slope
11,0°
Water table
490cm
Forest
0%
Crops
21%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)