HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081171840
Bassin de Athi 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 7 administrative regions : Embakasi East, Embakasi South, Kasarani, Machakos Town, Matungulu +2
Sub-basin area
621,5km²
Upstream area
3 174,9km²
Discharge
6,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 559m
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°
19,3°C
Annual rain
734mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
121mm/an
PET
1 664mm
AET
620mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
222cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
8%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)