HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080608800
Bassin de Faka
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 : Kobenni, Nioro
Sub-basin area
111,6km²
Upstream area
1 645,5km²
Discharge
1,4m³/s
Mean elev.
199m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Goudou Goujou1179 km²
- Bassin de Faka355 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- NioroKayes · Mali68.0 km²61.1% of basin
- 43.2 km²38.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lorack Bane
IUCN IVClassified Forest
51.52 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°
28,6°C
Annual rain
444mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,79
Runoff
25mm/an
PET
2 108mm
AET
372mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
81cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)