HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081227130
Bassin · #1081227130
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 : Mwatate, Taveta, Wundanyi
Sub-basin area
1 049,6km²
Upstream area
1 049,6km²
Discharge
1,91m³/s
Mean elev.
899m
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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
754mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
70mm/an
PET
1 647mm
AET
637mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
416cm
Forest
4%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)