HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080027100
Bassin de la Somone
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 : Mbour, Thiès
Sub-basin area
467,3km²
Upstream area
467,6km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
34m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 275.2 km²59.1% of basin
- 190.4 km²40.9% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Foret de Bandia
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
104.55 km² overlap
AMP Somone
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area
6.20 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
5.60 km² overlap
Popenguine
IUCN IVNature Reserve
1.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
643 distinct species · 18 565 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 la Somone : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 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
532mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
1 779mm
AET
448mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
147cm
Forest
0%
Crops
34%
Urban
7%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)