HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080559030
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 : Gourma-Rharous, Tombouctou
Sub-basin area
254,3km²
Upstream area
381 370,1km²
Discharge
521,41m³/s
Mean elev.
263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Niger998 km²
- Bassin du Niger171 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 137.0 km²54.0% of basin
- 116.5 km²46.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 15 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°
28,7°C
Annual rain
183mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,92
Runoff
50mm/an
PET
2 166mm
AET
150mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
30cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)