HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080869650
Bassin · #1080869650
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 : Ilubabor, Kelem Wellega, Mirab Welega
Sub-basin area
503,2km²
Upstream area
3 955,6km²
Discharge
56,49m³/s
Mean elev.
1 517m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10808666802299 km²
- Bassin · #10808668201154 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 273.1 km²54.5% of basin
- 221.1 km²44.1% of basin
- 7.0 km²1.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 25 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 604mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
397mm/an
PET
1 724mm
AET
1 097mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
288cm
Forest
5%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)