HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080791350
Bassin de ዓባይ ወንዝ
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 : Asosa, Kemashi, Metekel
Sub-basin area
1 553,5km²
Upstream area
144 320km²
Discharge
1 671,67m³/s
Mean elev.
801m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sirba Wenz376 km²
- Bassin de Andok'O Wenz374 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 714.7 km²46.2% of basin
- 685.4 km²44.3% of basin
- 147.1 km²9.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Dabus Valley
IUCN VIControlled Hunting Area
164.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 225mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
277mm/an
PET
1 943mm
AET
951mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
417cm
Forest
34%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)