HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080854890
Bassin · #1080854890
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 across 2 countries : Fafan, Gabiley, Hargeysa
Sub-basin area
2 188,5km²
Upstream area
4 841,6km²
Discharge
2,86m³/s
Mean elev.
1 423m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080841870805 km²
- Bassin · #1080842230301 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1282.3 km²58.8% of basin
- 595.3 km²27.3% of basin
- 301.9 km²13.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
37 distinct species · 38 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
500mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
421mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
308cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)