HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080595250
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kaédi, Maghama, Matam
Sub-basin area
1 223,8km²
Upstream area
1 223,8km²
Discharge
3,77m³/s
Mean elev.
60m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 882.1 km²72.3% of basin
- 337.5 km²27.7% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
72 distinct species · 215 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°
29,5°C
Annual rain
328mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
99mm/an
PET
2 171mm
AET
273mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
149cm
Forest
0%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)