HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081171830
Bassin de Ruiru 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 31 administrative regions : Dagoretti North, Dagoretti South, Embakasi Central, Embakasi East, Embakasi North +26
Sub-basin area
1 886,5km²
Upstream area
1 886,5km²
Discharge
5,27m³/s
Mean elev.
1 846m
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°
17,6°C
Annual rain
1 076mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
155mm/an
PET
1 555mm
AET
861mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
169cm
Forest
56%
Crops
6%
Urban
43%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)