HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081045600
Bassin · #1081045600
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 : Borena, Liben, Mandera West
Sub-basin area
1 186,4km²
Upstream area
7 893,1km²
Discharge
17,66m³/s
Mean elev.
984m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081047360499 km²
- Bassin · #1081047210430 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 970.7 km²82.2% of basin
- 204.7 km²17.3% of basin
- 5.8 km²0.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 21 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
453mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,77
Runoff
65mm/an
PET
1 980mm
AET
381mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
291cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)