HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081075120
Bassin · #1081075120
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Beled Xaawo, Ceel Waaq, Lafey, Mandera East
Sub-basin area
1 442,1km²
Upstream area
3 014,1km²
Discharge
1,78m³/s
Mean elev.
420m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10810675101098 km²
- Bassin · #1081067520474 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 926.0 km²64.5% of basin
- 288.8 km²20.1% of basin
- 213.5 km²14.9% of basin
- 7.4 km²0.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 6 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
338mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
22mm/an
PET
2 147mm
AET
282mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
314cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)