HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080909700
Bassin · #1080909700
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 : Keffa, Sheka
Sub-basin area
330,2km²
Upstream area
330,3km²
Discharge
5,05m³/s
Mean elev.
2 088m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 314.6 km²95.7% of basin
- 14.2 km²4.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kafa
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
167.35 km² overlap
Mizan-Teferi
IUCN VIControlled Hunting Area
58.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
17,7°C
Annual rain
1 915mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,19
Runoff
444mm/an
PET
1 556mm
AET
1 236mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
332cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)