HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081085440
Bassin · #1081085440
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 : Baydhabo, Buur Xakaba, Wanla Weyn
Sub-basin area
2 511,1km²
Upstream area
2 511,3km²
Discharge
1,48m³/s
Mean elev.
237m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2150.2 km²86.0% of basin
- 348.1 km²13.9% of basin
- 1.7 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
249 distinct species · 373 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
532mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
20mm/an
PET
1 913mm
AET
447mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
70cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)