HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080812910
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 : Misraq Gojjam, North Shewa
Sub-basin area
141,4km²
Upstream area
63 263,6km²
Discharge
589,29m³/s
Mean elev.
1 692m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Jamma1150 km²
- Bassin de ዓባይ ወንዝ / Abay905 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 110.6 km²78.6% of basin
- 30.2 km²21.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 42 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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
941mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
322mm/an
PET
1 755mm
AET
766mm
Mean slope
13,4°
Water table
506cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)