HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080600820
Bassin · #1080600820
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 : Goundam, Niafunké
Sub-basin area
681,4km²
Upstream area
681,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
304m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 343.0 km²50.5% of basin
- 336.0 km²49.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Delta Intérieur du Niger
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
6.62 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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
252mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
2 092mm
AET
210mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
305cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)