HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080558550
Bassin · #1080558550
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 : Bassikounou, Goundam, Ouadane
Sub-basin area
714,7km²
Upstream area
7 340,2km²
Discharge
0,88m³/s
Mean elev.
277m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080554100375 km²
- Bassin · #1080554300253 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 316.6 km²44.5% of basin
- 315.6 km²44.3% of basin
- 80.0 km²11.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
28,8°C
Annual rain
140mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,94
Runoff
4mm/an
PET
2 167mm
AET
115mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
17cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)