HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081067870
Bassin de Kerio River
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 : Laisamis, Turkana Central
Sub-basin area
270,1km²
Upstream area
17 457,4km²
Discharge
124,76m³/s
Mean elev.
370m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kerio River2002 km²
- Bassin · #108106948038 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 136.0 km²50.6% of basin
- 132.9 km²49.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
49 distinct species · 77 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kerio River : 12 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
29,1°C
Annual rain
175mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
86mm/an
PET
2 065mm
AET
144mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
38cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)