HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080023050
Bassin de Chenal de Cotonou
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 1 administrative regions : Cotonou
Sub-basin area
16km²
Upstream area
59 907,9km²
Discharge
283,85m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,8°C
Annual rain
1 245mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
423mm/an
PET
1 333mm
AET
940mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
15cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
98%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)