HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080603880
Bassin du Niger
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 : Niafunké, Youwarou
Sub-basin area
253,7km²
Upstream area
32 990,8km²
Discharge
29,95m³/s
Mean elev.
265m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080599220724 km²
- Bassin · #1080599080379 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 156.7 km²62.0% of basin
- 96.1 km²38.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Delta Intérieur du Niger
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
246.45 km² overlap
Ouméré
IUCN IVClassified Forest
6.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 4 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
307mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
76mm/an
PET
2 072mm
AET
257mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
12cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)