HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081146320
Bassin de Nyando 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 6 administrative regions : Ainamoi, Kipkelion West, Muhoroni, Nyando, Sigowet/Soin +1
Sub-basin area
416,7km²
Upstream area
1 722,4km²
Discharge
25,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 450m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,1°C
Annual rain
1 427mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
460mm/an
PET
1 876mm
AET
1 208mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
196cm
Forest
41%
Crops
14%
Urban
11%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)