HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081188500
Bassin · #1081188500
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 2 administrative regions : Ijara, Lamu East
Sub-basin area
482,1km²
Upstream area
482,5km²
Discharge
2,34m³/s
Mean elev.
35m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 341.2 km²71.1% of basin
- 138.7 km²28.9% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Boni Ijara
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
142.61 km² overlap
Dodori
IUCN Not ReportedNational Reserve
76.44 km² overlap
Boni Lungi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
73.02 km² overlap
Mangrove Swamps
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
47 distinct species · 141 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,1°C
Annual rain
687mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
1 528mm
AET
582mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
20cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)