HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081094950
Bassin · #1081094950
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 : Eldas, Wajir North, Wajir West
Sub-basin area
487,4km²
Upstream area
487,5km²
Discharge
0,32m³/s
Mean elev.
385m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 361.2 km²74.4% of basin
- 67.0 km²13.8% of basin
- 57.0 km²11.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
346mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
22mm/an
PET
2 121mm
AET
288mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
18cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)