HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081179030
Bassin · #1081179030
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 : Kangundo, Kathiani, Machakos Town, Matungulu, Mavoko +2
Sub-basin area
438,7km²
Upstream area
438,8km²
Discharge
1,92m³/s
Mean elev.
1 536m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,4°C
Annual rain
908mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
138mm/an
PET
1 697mm
AET
768mm
Mean slope
5,8°
Water table
374cm
Forest
24%
Crops
8%
Urban
49%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)