HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081204430
Bassin · #1081204430
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 : Garsen, Kitui South, Magarini
Sub-basin area
1 984km²
Upstream area
4 902,9km²
Discharge
6,61m³/s
Mean elev.
230m
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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
715mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
1 732mm
AET
603mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
43cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
62%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)