HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081128950
Bassin de Nzoia River
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 : Lugari, Webuye East
Sub-basin area
3,1km²
Upstream area
5 465,3km²
Discharge
59,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 561m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081128640580 km²
- Bassin de Ewaso Rangi110 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2.0 km²65.7% of basin
- 1.0 km²32.4% of basin
- 0.1 km²1.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 551mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
426mm/an
PET
1 887mm
AET
1 314mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
70cm
Forest
0%
Crops
28%
Urban
87%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)