HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081162000
Bassin · #1081162000
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 2 administrative regions : Afmadow, Kismaayo
Sub-basin area
2 452,3km²
Upstream area
7 851km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
23m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081147560911 km²
- Bassin · #1081147720542 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2244.4 km²91.9% of basin
- 197.0 km²8.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 47 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
401mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
1 704mm
AET
337mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
19cm
Forest
96%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)