HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081131880
Bassin · #1081131880
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 2 administrative regions : Laikipia North, Laikipia West
Sub-basin area
60,8km²
Upstream area
2 802,5km²
Discharge
11,56m³/s
Mean elev.
1 655m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Engare Pesi555 km²
- Bassin · #1081133110467 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 56.0 km²92.5% of basin
- 4.5 km²7.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Mpala
IUCN Not ReportedCommunity Conservancy
26.90 km² overlap
Loisaba Wilderness
IUCN Not ReportedPrivate Ranch
21.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
575 distinct species · 26 685 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin · #1081131880 : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,5°C
Annual rain
663mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
54mm/an
PET
1 835mm
AET
560mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
295cm
Forest
0%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)