HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080540500
Bassin · #1080540500
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 across 2 countries : Ménaka, Tchin-Tabarade
Sub-basin area
1 613,8km²
Upstream area
347 787,8km²
Discharge
6,51m³/s
Mean elev.
335m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10805358801044 km²
- Bassin · #1080535890385 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Tchin-TabaradeTahoua · Niger1479.8 km²92.0% of basin
- 128.7 km²8.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
20 distinct species · 26 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°
29,1°C
Annual rain
150mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,93
Runoff
46mm/an
PET
2 156mm
AET
122mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
146cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)