HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080581540
Bassin de Sénégal السنغال
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 : Dagana, Keur-Macène
Sub-basin area
202,3km²
Upstream area
440 441,3km²
Discharge
135,63m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sénégal السنغال523 km²
- Bassin du Gorom435 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 134.7 km²66.8% of basin
- 66.9 km²33.2% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Diawling
IUCN IINational Park
40.34 km² overlap
Parc National du Diawling
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
40.34 km² overlap
Foret de Maka-Diama
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.18 km² overlap
National Park
0.90 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
0.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
251 distinct species · 1 977 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 25 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Sénégal السنغال : 19 espèces reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,5°C
Annual rain
231mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,87
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
1 732mm
AET
193mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
23cm
Forest
21%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)