HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081115210
Bassin de Kerio River
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 4 administrative regions : Baringo North, Marakwet East, Marakwet West, Tiaty
Sub-basin area
831km²
Upstream area
3 620,3km²
Discharge
31,93m³/s
Mean elev.
1 332m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,1°C
Annual rain
794mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
223mm/an
PET
1 911mm
AET
670mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
375cm
Forest
6%
Crops
24%
Urban
3%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)