HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081063540
Bassin de Matheniko
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 : Dodoth, Matheniko, Turkana West
Sub-basin area
627,5km²
Upstream area
627,5km²
Discharge
0,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 037m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 462.3 km²74.0% of basin
- 161.4 km²25.8% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Matheniko
IUCN IIIWildlife Reserve
75.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 25 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
493mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
19mm/an
PET
1 822mm
AET
415mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
529cm
Forest
0%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)