HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080893440
Bassin · #1080893440
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 : Burao, Buuhoodle, Caynabo, Doolo
Sub-basin area
1 870,3km²
Upstream area
1 870,3km²
Discharge
1,61m³/s
Mean elev.
791m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1327.3 km²71.3% of basin
- 525.5 km²28.2% of basin
- 9.1 km²0.5% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
66 distinct species · 91 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
173mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
1 878mm
AET
143mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
480cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)