HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080586060
Bassin · #1080586060
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 : Gao, Gourma-Rharous
Sub-basin area
1 385,5km²
Upstream area
1 385,9km²
Discharge
0,25m³/s
Mean elev.
311m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GaoGao · Mali1331.4 km²96.4% of basin
- 49.3 km²3.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 24 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°
29,4°C
Annual rain
222mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
2 127mm
AET
183mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
220cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)