HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081163050
Bassin de Thiba 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 : Chuka/Igambang'Ombe, Gichugu, Kirinyaga Central, Maara, Manyatta +6
Sub-basin area
2 030,6km²
Upstream area
2 030,6km²
Discharge
17,9m³/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°
18,7°C
Annual rain
1 270mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
272mm/an
PET
1 840mm
AET
972mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
167cm
Forest
46%
Crops
5%
Urban
23%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)