HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080818330
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 : Horo Guduru, Misraq Gojjam
Sub-basin area
267,6km²
Upstream area
82 918,2km²
Discharge
790,99m³/s
Mean elev.
1 615m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de የዳ ወንዝ741 km²
- Bassin de ዓባይ ወንዝ / Abay47 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 234.9 km²88.1% of basin
- 31.6 km²11.9% of basin
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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 107mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
425mm/an
PET
1 775mm
AET
863mm
Mean slope
9,4°
Water table
443cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)