HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081128640
Bassin · #1081128640
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 6 administrative regions : Kimilili, Kiminini, Mt. Elgon, Saboti, Tongaren +1
Sub-basin area
580,3km²
Upstream area
580,8km²
Discharge
7,21m³/s
Mean elev.
2 055m
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°
17,4°C
Annual rain
1 543mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
372mm/an
PET
1 698mm
AET
1 256mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
235cm
Forest
23%
Crops
13%
Urban
32%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)