HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081006520
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 1 administrative regions : Debub Omo
Sub-basin area
507,7km²
Upstream area
507,7km²
Discharge
1,42m³/s
Mean elev.
927m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 505.4 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
23 distinct species · 36 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
718mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
88mm/an
PET
1 746mm
AET
606mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
423cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)