HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080023600
Bassin · #1080023600
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 5 administrative regions : Cape Coast, Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem-, Shama, Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira, Wassa East
Sub-basin area
586,1km²
Upstream area
586,1km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
59m
Administrative coverage
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 383.0 km²65.6% of basin
- 142.4 km²24.4% of basin
- 24.1 km²4.1% of basin
- 15.2 km²2.6% of basin
- 11.4 km²2.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Pra Suhyien Blk II
IUCN VIForest Reserve
16.52 km² overlap
Komenda Fuelwood
IUCN VIForest Reserve
2.58 km² overlap
Kakum
IUCN IINational Park
2.43 km² overlap
Ankaful Fuelwood
IUCN VIForest Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 637 distinct species · 147 113 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 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 · #1080023600 : 7 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 17.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
1 312mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
295mm/an
PET
1 427mm
AET
1 013mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
88cm
Forest
6%
Crops
47%
Urban
24%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)