HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081192880
Bassin · #1081192880
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 : Kajiado East, Kajiado South, Kibwezi West
Sub-basin area
1 927,6km²
Upstream area
5 847,2km²
Discharge
9,5m³/s
Mean elev.
1 124m
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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
661mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
71mm/an
PET
1 706mm
AET
558mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
229cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)