HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080967240
Bassin de Genale 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 2 administrative regions : Mirab Arsi, Sidama
Sub-basin area
568,5km²
Upstream area
568,7km²
Discharge
3,22m³/s
Mean elev.
2 392m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 349.7 km²61.8% of basin
- 216.4 km²38.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 33 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°
15,4°C
Annual rain
1 207mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
177mm/an
PET
1 511mm
AET
1 018mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
471cm
Forest
0%
Crops
10%
Urban
2%
Protected
62%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)