HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081094440
Bassin de Medina
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, Qoryooley
Sub-basin area
2 042,2km²
Upstream area
2 042,2km²
Discharge
1,79m³/s
Mean elev.
257m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1130.6 km²55.6% of basin
- 887.8 km²43.7% of basin
- 14.7 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 40 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
544mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
1 889mm
AET
458mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
89cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)