HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080604340
Bassin de Oued Karfa
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 : M'Bout, Maghama, Sélibaby
Sub-basin area
679,4km²
Upstream area
5 225,2km²
Discharge
15,07m³/s
Mean elev.
43m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Oued Boudamé1230 km²
- Bassin de Oued Karfa30 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 366.8 km²54.2% of basin
- 182.3 km²26.9% of basin
- 127.9 km²18.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 84 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°
29,3°C
Annual rain
361mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
140mm/an
PET
2 156mm
AET
302mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
75cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)