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
Sub-basin area
3 663,6km²
Upstream area
3 663,6km²
Discharge
30,6m³/s
Mean elev.
104m
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 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)