HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080791550
Bassin de ቦርከና 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 2 administrative regions : Afar Zone 3, Afar Zone 5
Sub-basin area
166,3km²
Upstream area
3 278,5km²
Discharge
14,35m³/s
Mean elev.
598m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Jara869 km²
- Bassin de ቦርከና ወንዝ758 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 102.9 km²62.1% of basin
- 62.7 km²37.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Awash West
IUCN VIControlled Hunting Area
157.58 km² overlap
Gewane
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
8.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
498mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
66mm/an
PET
1 987mm
AET
419mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
62cm
Forest
0%
Crops
16%
Urban
4%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)