Sahel
IUCN IVSylvo-pastoral Reserve and Partial Wildlife Reserve · 1970
18 209 km²
Commune · BFA
Falagountou
Burkina Faso
BShArid, steppe, hot(60 %)
Species observed
22
Observations
26
Area
558,4km²
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Species present
22 distinct species · 26 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
29,7°C
Annual rain
395mm
Warmest m°
40,7°C
Coldest m°
16,4°C
Elevation: 272 m on average (min 248 m, max 312 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
29,7°C
Annual rain
395mm
Warmest month
40,7°C
Coldest month
16,4°C
Mean alt.
272m
Min
248m
Max
312m
Std. dev.
14m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
BShArid, steppe, hot(60 %)Arid
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
4,1g/kg
Clay
21,0%
Sand
65,2%
Silt
13,8%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: mtGLiMaggregated to Séno
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
5,3g/kg
Clay
18,8%
Sand
67,1%
Silt
14,0%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
6,4
Org. C
4,1g/kg
Clay
20,3%
Sand
65,6%
Silt
14,1%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
6,5
Org. C
2,9g/kg
Clay
23,9%
Sand
62,8%
Silt
13,3%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest1.9%
Crops20.9%
Built-up0.2%
Bare soil13.1%
Other (grassland, water…)64.0%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology6 basins · 0 lakes · 2 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
32,8km
Basins crossed
6
Max stream order
4
Max drainage
7 711km²
Discharge in basins
1,7m³/s
Mean precip.
377mm/an
Mean T°
29,0°C
Moisture idx
-0,82
Mean runoff
7mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
276m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Féléolsub-area443,7 km²overlap312.67 km²56%
- Bassin de Gorouolsub-area935,1 km²overlap199.24 km²36%
- Bassin de Féléolsub-area784,5 km²overlap33.25 km²6%
- Bassin de Féléolsub-area1 393,2 km²overlap5.05 km²1%
- Bassin de Dargolsub-area1 684 km²overlap4.97 km²1%
- Bassin de Gorouolsub-area2 957,2 km²overlap3.25 km²1%
Rivers / streams (2, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
18,2%
Pesticides
0,7kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas2
IUCN IV · 2
Kandadji
IUCN IVNature Reserve · 2017
12 011 km²
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN