HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080551410
Bassin du Niger
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 : Bourem, Gourma-Rharous
Sub-basin area
582km²
Upstream area
414 588,6km²
Discharge
546,55m³/s
Mean elev.
281m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Niger728 km²
- Bassin · #1080549820503 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 317.8 km²54.8% of basin
- BouremGao · Mali262.2 km²45.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 68 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°
29,3°C
Annual rain
163mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
37mm/an
PET
2 161mm
AET
134mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
188cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)