Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080592780

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 1 administrative regions : Niafunké

2% lakePfafstetter: 14277906

Sub-basin area

593,8km²

Upstream area

594km²

Discharge

1,14m³/s

Mean elev.

279m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin du Niger1533 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

5 intersecting protected areas

  • Delta Intérieur du Niger

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    319.81 km² overlap

  • Farana

    IUCN IV

    Classified Forest

    13.29 km² overlap

  • Gamba

    IUCN IV

    Classified Forest

    7.54 km² overlap

  • Mangara

    IUCN IV

    Classified Forest

    4.05 km² overlap

  • Guéma

    IUCN IV

    Classified Forest

    0.16 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

37 distinct species · 83 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

83 obs · 5 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 74
74–73
5–73
2–4
< 2

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

27,6°C

Annual rain

281mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,87

Runoff

32mm/an

PET

2 088mm

AET

234mm

Mean slope

0,4°

Water table

132cm

Forest

0%

Crops

10%

Urban

0%

Protected

0%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)