HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080572550
Bassin de 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 : Diré, Gourma-Rharous
Sub-basin area
1 300,9km²
Upstream area
1 301km²
Discharge
2,4m³/s
Mean elev.
268m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1134.1 km²87.5% of basin
- 162.4 km²12.5% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Delta Intérieur du Niger
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
213.93 km² overlap
Djendel
IUCN IVClassified Forest
5.80 km² overlap
Amari
IUCN IVClassified Forest
2.95 km² overlap
Tabingatte Danga
IUCN IVClassified Forest
2.92 km² overlap
Haina
IUCN IVClassified Forest
1.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 7 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°
28,6°C
Annual rain
254mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
28mm/an
PET
2 142mm
AET
211mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
41cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)