HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081118870
Bassin de Shebelle
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 2 administrative regions : Baraawe, Sablale
Sub-basin area
559,5km²
Upstream area
277 013,8km²
Discharge
42,33m³/s
Mean elev.
47m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Far Yaxaasley2081 km²
- Bassin de Shebelle83 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 309.4 km²55.6% of basin
- 247.6 km²44.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 11 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
495mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
24mm/an
PET
1 497mm
AET
419mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
43cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)