HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081233140
Bassin · #1081233140
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 : Mwatate, Same, Taveta
Sub-basin area
730,6km²
Upstream area
730,6km²
Discharge
1,13m³/s
Mean elev.
720m
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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
704mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
72mm/an
PET
1 700mm
AET
594mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
382cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)