HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081146330
Bassin · #1081146330
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 : Kieni, Laikipia East
Sub-basin area
437,5km²
Upstream area
437,5km²
Discharge
4,26m³/s
Mean elev.
2 391m
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°
13,8°C
Annual rain
1 084mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
289mm/an
PET
1 476mm
AET
871mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
265cm
Forest
44%
Crops
6%
Urban
4%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)