HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080026440
Bassin de Rio Cacheu
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bigene, Bula, Cacheu, Canghungo, Goudomp +2
Sub-basin area
1 307km²
Upstream area
5 946,7km²
Discharge
93,31m³/s
Mean elev.
17m
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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 440mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
559mm/an
PET
1 856mm
AET
833mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
60cm
Forest
72%
Crops
17%
Urban
1%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)