HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080357920
Bassin · #1080357920
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chinguetti, Goundam, Ouadane
Sub-basin area
1 384,4km²
Upstream area
6 632,5km²
Discharge
0,45m³/s
Mean elev.
317m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10803760702509 km²
- Bassin · #1080376380709 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 732.9 km²53.1% of basin
- 468.3 km²33.9% of basin
- 179.7 km²13.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
27,9°C
Annual rain
17mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,99
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
2 255mm
AET
10mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
197cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)