HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080023300
Bassin de Volta
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 : Ada East, South Tongu
Sub-basin area
129,7km²
Upstream area
412 648,8km²
Discharge
987,53m³/s
Mean elev.
2m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Todzie471 km²
- Bassin de Volta131 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 89.1 km²69.0% of basin
- 40.0 km²31.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Songor Ramsar Site
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
91.98 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
48.99 km² overlap
Songor
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
1.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
192 distinct species · 518 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Volta : 28 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 28 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 5.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
874mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
147mm/an
PET
1 404mm
AET
741mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
8cm
Forest
31%
Crops
46%
Urban
17%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)