HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080026800
Bassin de Gambia River
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 across 2 countries : Bounkiling, Central Baddibu, Kiang Central, Kiang West, Lower Baddibu
Sub-basin area
515,1km²
Upstream area
72 617km²
Discharge
143,1m³/s
Mean elev.
18m
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
832mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
97mm/an
PET
2 002mm
AET
695mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
63cm
Forest
21%
Crops
24%
Urban
0%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)