HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080872990
Bassin · #1080872990
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 : Ilubabor, Kelem Wellega
Sub-basin area
396km²
Upstream area
4 817,5km²
Discharge
66,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 510m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080869650503 km²
- Bassin · #1080869640466 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 387.7 km²98.3% of basin
- 6.7 km²1.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 18 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 483mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
363mm/an
PET
1 702mm
AET
1 058mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
341cm
Forest
9%
Crops
2%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)