HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081043810
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 : Liben, Mandera North
Sub-basin area
256,9km²
Upstream area
44 679km²
Discharge
130,71m³/s
Mean elev.
412m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dawa942 km²
- Bassin de Dawa375 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 223.2 km²87.3% of basin
- 32.5 km²12.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
256mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
2 156mm
AET
212mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
604cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)