HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081184470
Bassin · #1081184470
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 : Fafi, Ijara, Lamu East
Sub-basin area
1 181,4km²
Upstream area
4 674,8km²
Discharge
4,11m³/s
Mean elev.
45m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081178810514 km²
- Bassin · #1081179050390 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 955.1 km²81.2% of basin
- 117.0 km²9.9% of basin
- 104.0 km²8.8% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Boni Ijara
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
741.62 km² overlap
Boni
IUCN Not ReportedNational Reserve
329.40 km² overlap
Boni Lungi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
89.63 km² overlap
Dodori
IUCN Not ReportedNational Reserve
13.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
140 distinct species · 277 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 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 · #1081184470 : 22 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
571mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 565mm
AET
482mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
22cm
Forest
90%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)