HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081153980
Bassin de Maara 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 11 administrative regions : Buuri, Central Imenti, Chuka/Igambang'Ombe, Gichugu, Maara +6
Sub-basin area
1 938,9km²
Upstream area
1 938,9km²
Discharge
26,67m³/s
Mean elev.
1 599m
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°
18,4°C
Annual rain
1 410mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
379mm/an
PET
1 781mm
AET
1 050mm
Mean slope
6,6°
Water table
235cm
Forest
70%
Crops
4%
Urban
29%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)