HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081221700
Bassin · #1081221700
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 across 2 countries : Mwanga, Same, Taveta
Sub-basin area
1 541km²
Upstream area
2 889,7km²
Discharge
6,08m³/s
Mean elev.
871m
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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
657mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
103mm/an
PET
1 716mm
AET
555mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
298cm
Forest
14%
Crops
13%
Urban
1%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)