HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080608440
Bassin · #1080608440
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 across 2 countries : Kankossa, Kayes
Sub-basin area
851,9km²
Upstream area
851,9km²
Discharge
0,78m³/s
Mean elev.
120m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KayesKayes · Mali846.4 km²99.7% of basin
- 2.5 km²0.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
29,1°C
Annual rain
354mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
2 118mm
AET
296mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
172cm
Forest
0%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)