HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081119470
Bassin · #1081119470
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 across 2 countries : Afmadow, Baar-Dheere, Tarbaj, Wajir East, Wajir South
Sub-basin area
2 707,7km²
Upstream area
2 707,7km²
Discharge
0,94m³/s
Mean elev.
246m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1185.2 km²44.0% of basin
- 641.7 km²23.8% of basin
- 477.3 km²17.7% of basin
- 249.0 km²9.2% of basin
- 142.5 km²5.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 22 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
366mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
2 122mm
AET
306mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
108cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)