HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080973650
Bassin de Shebelle
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 : Afder, Shabelle
Sub-basin area
1 658km²
Upstream area
99 504,5km²
Discharge
213,72m³/s
Mean elev.
485m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Shebelle1650 km²
- Bassin de Shebelle896 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 973.4 km²59.0% of basin
- 677.5 km²41.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
27,9°C
Annual rain
331mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
2 082mm
AET
276mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
362cm
Forest
2%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)