HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080599080
Bassin · #1080599080
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
Sub-basin area
379,2km²
Upstream area
379,2km²
Discharge
0,25m³/s
Mean elev.
271m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 intersecting protected areas
Delta Intérieur du Niger
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
329.85 km² overlap
Gamba
IUCN IVClassified Forest
3.85 km² overlap
Kifo
IUCN IVClassified Forest
3.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 56 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
283mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
2 084mm
AET
236mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
63cm
Forest
0%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)