HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081099280
Bassin · #1081099280
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 : Isiolo North, Laisamis, North Horr
Sub-basin area
770,1km²
Upstream area
5 010,1km²
Discharge
14,65m³/s
Mean elev.
355m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081093910481 km²
- Bassin · #1081093730209 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 626.0 km²81.7% of basin
- 137.9 km²18.0% of basin
- 2.7 km²0.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 128 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
371mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
59mm/an
PET
2 124mm
AET
310mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
38cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)