HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080933560
Bassin de ኦሞ / Omo
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 : Dawro, Kembata Tembaro, Wolayita
Sub-basin area
6km²
Upstream area
32 140,1km²
Discharge
583,98m³/s
Mean elev.
954m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ajancho941 km²
- Bassin de ኦሞ / Omo561 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 4.5 km²75.8% of basin
- 1.3 km²22.6% of basin
- 0.1 km²1.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 10 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 049mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
435mm/an
PET
1 940mm
AET
901mm
Mean slope
16,6°
Water table
877cm
Forest
79%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)