HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080023070
Bassin · #1080023070
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 4 administrative regions : Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Kpomassè, Ouidah
Sub-basin area
205,9km²
Upstream area
206,3km²
Discharge
1,98m³/s
Mean elev.
15m
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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
1 117mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
285mm/an
PET
1 473mm
AET
914mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
38cm
Forest
50%
Crops
18%
Urban
52%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)