HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081159580
Bassin · #1081159580
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 3 administrative regions : Balambala, Fafi, Garissa Township
Sub-basin area
763,3km²
Upstream area
763,3km²
Discharge
0,08m³/s
Mean elev.
178m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 609.2 km²80.2% of basin
- 102.3 km²13.5% of basin
- 48.5 km²6.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
39 distinct species · 56 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,3°C
Annual rain
387mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,81
Runoff
8mm/an
PET
1 997mm
AET
324mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
192cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)