HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081048600
Bassin de Kaya
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Aringa, Aru, Koboko, Nahr Yei
Sub-basin area
800,6km²
Upstream area
1 254,7km²
Discharge
6,35m³/s
Mean elev.
972m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Karua265 km²
- Bassin de Kaya190 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 340.2 km²42.7% of basin
- 263.8 km²33.1% of basin
- 192.6 km²24.2% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
281 distinct species · 896 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 253mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
127mm/an
PET
1 871mm
AET
1 060mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
179cm
Forest
13%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)