HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081154380
Bassin de Sagana 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 5 administrative regions : Kieni, Kirinyaga Central, Mathira, Ndia, Nyeri Town
Sub-basin area
512,9km²
Upstream area
513km²
Discharge
5,14m³/s
Mean elev.
2 305m
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°
14,4°C
Annual rain
1 327mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
316mm/an
PET
1 524mm
AET
1 023mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
150cm
Forest
59%
Crops
5%
Urban
9%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)