HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080882170
Bassin · #1080882170
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 : Eyl, Garoowe, Qardho
Sub-basin area
1 593,9km²
Upstream area
1 593,9km²
Discharge
0,82m³/s
Mean elev.
547m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 626.6 km²39.5% of basin
- 524.7 km²33.1% of basin
- 435.9 km²27.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
40 distinct species · 57 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
132mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
1 931mm
AET
108mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
598cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)