HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081052280
Bassin · #1081052280
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 : Loima, Turkana West
Sub-basin area
1 080,3km²
Upstream area
3 800,4km²
Discharge
2,69m³/s
Mean elev.
852m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081063170604 km²
- Bassin · #108106308028 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 580.1 km²53.9% of basin
- 495.5 km²46.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
364mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
49mm/an
PET
1 866mm
AET
305mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
527cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)