HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080987750
Bassin · #1080987750
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
2 531,8km²
Upstream area
2 532,2km²
Discharge
2,64m³/s
Mean elev.
434m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1289.0 km²51.1% of basin
- 1231.8 km²48.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 16 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°
28,0°C
Annual rain
339mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
32mm/an
PET
2 058mm
AET
284mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
335cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)