HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080571930
Bassin · #1080571930
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
1 544,8km²
Upstream area
1 545km²
Discharge
0,81m³/s
Mean elev.
342m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 800.1 km²52.0% of basin
- Tchin-TabaradeTahoua · Niger739.5 km²48.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 21 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
194mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
2 151mm
AET
159mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
165cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)