HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081100610
Bassin de Turkwel
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 11 administrative regions across 2 countries : Endebess, Kacheliba, Kapenguria, Kongasis, Kwanza +6
Sub-basin area
2 367,5km²
Upstream area
2 367,5km²
Discharge
18,6m³/s
Mean elev.
1 731m
Administrative coverage
Species present
1 612 distinct species · 18 880 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,0°C
Annual rain
1 071mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
207mm/an
PET
1 721mm
AET
867mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
361cm
Forest
6%
Crops
40%
Urban
3%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)