HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080971570
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 2 administrative regions : Bench Maji, Keffa
Sub-basin area
1 080,6km²
Upstream area
4 211,9km²
Discharge
39,83m³/s
Mean elev.
842m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Zimu River797 km²
- Bassin · #1080957030249 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 646.3 km²60.1% of basin
- 429.7 km²39.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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
1 251mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
239mm/an
PET
1 890mm
AET
1 050mm
Mean slope
8,1°
Water table
383cm
Forest
29%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)