HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081059910
Bassin · #1081059910
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 : Laisamis, North Horr, Turkana Central
Sub-basin area
651,9km²
Upstream area
101 061,3km²
Discharge
962,56m³/s
Mean elev.
381m
Administrative coverage
Species present
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°
29,3°C
Annual rain
186mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
73mm/an
PET
2 022mm
AET
153mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
123cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)