HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081055820
Bassin · #1081055820
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 : Liben, Mandera West, Wajir North
Sub-basin area
490,5km²
Upstream area
490,5km²
Discharge
1,02m³/s
Mean elev.
959m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 407.6 km²83.5% of basin
- 79.4 km²16.3% of basin
- 1.4 km²0.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Borena
IUCN IINational Park
411.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
506mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
62mm/an
PET
2 033mm
AET
425mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
300cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
84%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)