HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081179760
Bassin de Thwake 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 3 administrative regions : Kaiti, Mbooni, Mwala
Sub-basin area
217,8km²
Upstream area
217,8km²
Discharge
0,93m³/s
Mean elev.
1 431m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MbooniMakueni · Kenya215.8 km²99.5% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.5% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Katende
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.56 km² overlap
Kitondu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.55 km² overlap
Mbooni South
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.94 km² overlap
Kalimani
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.91 km² overlap
Utunene
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.74 km² overlap
Mbooni North
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.40 km² overlap
Kitoo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Mataa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.29 km² overlap
Kyai
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.23 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
100 distinct species · 165 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Thwake River : 9 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 14.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 026mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
135mm/an
PET
1 701mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
7,9°
Water table
411cm
Forest
42%
Crops
8%
Urban
13%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)