HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080022540
Bassin de Pennington River
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 2 administrative regions : Ekeremor, Southern Ijaw
Sub-basin area
506,8km²
Upstream area
506,8km²
Discharge
33,62m³/s
Mean elev.
11m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 333.3 km²66.1% of basin
- 158.4 km²31.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Apoi Creek Forests
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
117.05 km² overlap
Apoi Creek Forests
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
117.05 km² overlap
Ikebiri Creek
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
33.30 km² overlap
Community Conservation Area
5.76 km² overlap
Community Conservation Area
0.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 12 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,6°C
Annual rain
3 316mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,55
Runoff
1 792mm/an
PET
1 490mm
AET
1 343mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
13cm
Forest
94%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)