HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081160160
Bassin de Ragati 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 8 administrative regions : Kiharu, Kirinyaga Central, Mathioya, Mathira, Mukurweini +3
Sub-basin area
781,6km²
Upstream area
2 848,9km²
Discharge
31,53m³/s
Mean elev.
1 666m
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°
18,1°C
Annual rain
1 414mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
283mm/an
PET
1 808mm
AET
1 129mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
231cm
Forest
86%
Crops
2%
Urban
41%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)