HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080612240
Bassin · #1080612240
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 : Dakoro, Tchin-Tabarade
Sub-basin area
728,1km²
Upstream area
728,1km²
Discharge
0,29m³/s
Mean elev.
466m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Tchin-TabaradeTahoua · Niger687.1 km²94.7% of basin
- 38.5 km²5.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gadabédji Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
37.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 15 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°
28,0°C
Annual rain
261mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
2 100mm
AET
217mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
208cm
Forest
0%
Crops
71%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)