HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081123560
Bassin · #1081123560
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 3 administrative regions : Laikipia North, Samburu North, Samburu West
Sub-basin area
837,3km²
Upstream area
837,3km²
Discharge
1,17m³/s
Mean elev.
2 035m
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°
15,9°C
Annual rain
620mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
52mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
523mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
480cm
Forest
5%
Crops
13%
Urban
3%
Protected
42%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)