HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081044270
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 East
Sub-basin area
25,6km²
Upstream area
54 223,3km²
Discharge
138,81m³/s
Mean elev.
234m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dawa464 km²
- Bassin de Gathuthiye Laga416 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 13.4 km²52.7% of basin
- 12.1 km²47.3% 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°
28,9°C
Annual rain
243mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
2 233mm
AET
201mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
25cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)