HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081055970
Bassin · #1081055970
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
195,3km²
Upstream area
195,3km²
Discharge
0,35m³/s
Mean elev.
906m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 159.1 km²81.8% of basin
- 33.3 km²17.1% of basin
- 2.0 km²1.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Borena
IUCN IINational Park
35.50 km² overlap
Bute Malaba
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 22 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
484mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
56mm/an
PET
2 048mm
AET
406mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
406cm
Forest
0%
Crops
12%
Urban
3%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)