HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080600530
Bassin · #1080600530
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 : Filingué, Ménaka, Tchin-Tabarade
Sub-basin area
515,7km²
Upstream area
35 444,9km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
297m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080595490621 km²
- Bassin · #1080595410382 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Tchin-TabaradeTahoua · Niger239.9 km²46.7% of basin
- 174.2 km²33.9% of basin
- 99.8 km²19.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
51 distinct species · 88 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
234mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
16mm/an
PET
2 143mm
AET
194mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
114cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)