HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081138290
Bassin · #1081138290
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 4 administrative regions : Laikipia East, Laikipia North, Laikipia West, Ndaragwa
Sub-basin area
737km²
Upstream area
737,1km²
Discharge
3,98m³/s
Mean elev.
2 031m
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°
16,0°C
Annual rain
773mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
178mm/an
PET
1 646mm
AET
652mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
187cm
Forest
14%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
24%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)