HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081045370
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lafey, Liben, Mandera North
Sub-basin area
379,7km²
Upstream area
50 575,9km²
Discharge
137m³/s
Mean elev.
439m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dawa1478 km²
- Bassin de Dawa1336 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 304.8 km²80.6% of basin
- 66.8 km²17.7% of basin
- 6.4 km²1.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 10 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
265mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
2 156mm
AET
220mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
465cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)