HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080796170
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 3 administrative regions : Agew Awi, Kemashi, Mirab Gojjam
Sub-basin area
218,7km²
Upstream area
101 068km²
Discharge
1 061,11m³/s
Mean elev.
1 102m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kuatlana928 km²
- Bassin de ዓባይ ወንዝ / Abay131 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 160.7 km²73.8% of basin
- 57.1 km²26.2% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
1 449mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
441mm/an
PET
1 894mm
AET
983mm
Mean slope
13,2°
Water table
555cm
Forest
25%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)