HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081118320
Bassin · #1081118320
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 5 administrative regions : Laikipia North, Laikipia West, Samburu West, Tiaty, Turkana East
Sub-basin area
1 348,7km²
Upstream area
1 348,7km²
Discharge
3,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 436m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,7°C
Annual rain
580mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
89mm/an
PET
1 880mm
AET
489mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
553cm
Forest
2%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)