HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081123670
Bassin · #1081123670
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, Laikipia West, Samburu West
Sub-basin area
1 096,5km²
Upstream area
1 096,5km²
Discharge
2,35m³/s
Mean elev.
1 892m
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°
17,1°C
Annual rain
593mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
70mm/an
PET
1 742mm
AET
500mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
349cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)