HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081144310
Bassin · #1081144310
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 : Kieni, Kipipiri, Laikipia East, Ndaragwa
Sub-basin area
345,6km²
Upstream area
345,6km²
Discharge
3,03m³/s
Mean elev.
2 316m
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°
14,3°C
Annual rain
957mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
258mm/an
PET
1 513mm
AET
780mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
286cm
Forest
27%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)