HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081088250
Bassin · #1081088250
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, Samburu North
Sub-basin area
819km²
Upstream area
819,5km²
Discharge
1,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 006m
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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
459mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,77
Runoff
71mm/an
PET
2 005mm
AET
386mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
414cm
Forest
3%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)