HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081225870
Bassin · #1081225870
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mwanga, Mwatate, Same, Taveta
Sub-basin area
936,2km²
Upstream area
936,3km²
Discharge
2,1m³/s
Mean elev.
831m
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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
655mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
82mm/an
PET
1 694mm
AET
553mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
228cm
Forest
0%
Crops
24%
Urban
0%
Protected
84%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)