HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081036630
Bassin de Dawa
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 across 2 countries : Banissa, Liben
Sub-basin area
224,3km²
Upstream area
42 682,3km²
Discharge
123,61m³/s
Mean elev.
636m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dawa1281 km²
- Bassin de Dawa678 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 143.8 km²64.4% of basin
- 79.5 km²35.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Malka Mari
IUCN IINational Park
88.73 km² overlap
Borena
IUCN IINational Park
74.42 km² overlap
Geralle
IUCN IINational Park
68.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
27 distinct species · 44 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
284mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
25mm/an
PET
2 067mm
AET
237mm
Mean slope
10,2°
Water table
581cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
3%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)