HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081148470
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 4 administrative regions : Eldama Ravine, Kipkelion East, Kipkelion West, Kuresoi North
Sub-basin area
284,7km²
Upstream area
284,7km²
Discharge
3,68m³/s
Mean elev.
2 426m
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°
14,9°C
Annual rain
1 184mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
380mm/an
PET
1 512mm
AET
994mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
247cm
Forest
20%
Crops
9%
Urban
8%
Protected
54%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)