HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081029630
Bassin · #1081029630
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Dodoth, Kapoeta, Shokodom, Turkana West
Sub-basin area
1 067km²
Upstream area
1 067,3km²
Discharge
0,22m³/s
Mean elev.
838m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 878.2 km²82.7% of basin
- 177.2 km²16.7% of basin
- 6.5 km²0.6% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Zulia
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
177.29 km² overlap
Kidepo Valley
IUCN IINational Park
0.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
265 distinct species · 1 983 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin · #1081029630 : 9 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 7 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 15.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,2°C
Annual rain
495mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
6mm/an
PET
1 812mm
AET
417mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
382cm
Forest
0%
Crops
46%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)