HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080593040
Bassin · #1080593040
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 : Douentza, Niafunké
Sub-basin area
231,6km²
Upstream area
4 037km²
Discharge
12,91m³/s
Mean elev.
268m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10805940201441 km²
- Bassin · #1080594170901 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- DouentzaMopti · Mali165.7 km²71.8% of basin
- 65.1 km²28.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Delta Intérieur du Niger
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
226.78 km² overlap
Gourma Elephant Reserve
IUCN IVPartial Wildlife Reserve
3.81 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 14 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°
28,3°C
Annual rain
293mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
101mm/an
PET
2 105mm
AET
244mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
40cm
Forest
0%
Crops
17%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)