Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080023100

Bassin de Couffo

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 22 administrative regions across 2 countries : Abomey, Agbangnizoun, Allada, Anié, Aplahoué +17

23% lakePfafstetter: 14307004

Sub-basin area

3 663,6km²

Upstream area

3 663,6km²

Discharge

30,6m³/s

Mean elev.

104m

Administrative coverage

22 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

14 more
  • Allada188.6 km² · 5.2%
  • Anié169.1 km² · 4.6%
  • Zogbodomey103.8 km² · 2.8%
  • Comè100.0 km² · 2.7%
  • Abomey74.4 km² · 2.0%
  • Houéyogbé71.1 km² · 1.9%
  • Ogou61.4 km² · 1.7%
  • Grand-Popo39.9 km² · 1.1%
  • Savalou31.0 km² · 0.9%
  • Ouidah16.7 km² · 0.5%
  • Dogbo8.0 km² · 0.2%
  • Tori-Bossito4.6 km² · 0.1%
  • Moyen-Mono2.0 km² · 0.1%
  • Toviklin1.3 km² · 0.0%

4 intersecting protected areas

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

2 233 distinct species · 46 521 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

46 521 obs · 119 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 4 643
1 051–4 642
251–1 050
116–250
< 116

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 25 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.

ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Couffo : 25 espèces reliées par 17 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).

Espèces affichées
25
Interactions affichées
17
Connectance
0.057
Patrimoniales
0
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

27,3°C

Annual rain

1 028mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,40

Runoff

263mm/an

PET

1 705mm

AET

869mm

Mean slope

1,1°

Water table

127cm

Forest

50%

Crops

38%

Urban

10%

Protected

2%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)