HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081118420
Bassin · #1081118420
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 : Laikipia North, Samburu East, Samburu North, Samburu West
Sub-basin area
636,6km²
Upstream area
2 854,2km²
Discharge
4,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 472m
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°
19,3°C
Annual rain
659mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
31mm/an
PET
1 898mm
AET
556mm
Mean slope
6,6°
Water table
485cm
Forest
12%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)