HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080024000
Bassin de Niouniourou
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 : Gbôkle, Grands Ponts, Gôh, Lôh-Djiboua
Sub-basin area
2 315,2km²
Upstream area
2 315,3km²
Discharge
32,33m³/s
Mean elev.
165m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1137.3 km²49.3% of basin
- 1100.3 km²47.7% of basin
- 63.0 km²2.7% of basin
- 4.5 km²0.2% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.72
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
567.50 km² overlap
Niouniourou
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
69.19 km² overlap
Classified Forest Name Unknown (CIV) No.65
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
42.01 km² overlap
Zakpaberi
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
39.42 km² overlap
Nizoro
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
36.66 km² overlap
Fresco
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
22.66 km² overlap
Port Gautier
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
22.11 km² overlap
Dogodou
IUCN Not ReportedClassified Forest
12.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
148 distinct species · 327 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 497mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
424mm/an
PET
1 515mm
AET
1 141mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
90cm
Forest
28%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)