HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080875600
Bassin de Maiwut River
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Asosa, Kelem Wellega, Mayot, Sobat
Sub-basin area
1 730,1km²
Upstream area
1 730,1km²
Discharge
9,85m³/s
Mean elev.
553m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mayot964.7 km²56.0% of basin
- 471.9 km²27.4% of basin
- 232.4 km²13.5% of basin
- 54.0 km²3.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mao-Komo
IUCN IINational Park
447.73 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 29 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
899mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
128mm/an
PET
1 935mm
AET
759mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
101cm
Forest
18%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)