HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080612850
Bassin · #1080612850
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 : Douentza, Gourma-Rharous
Sub-basin area
1 208,5km²
Upstream area
1 208,5km²
Discharge
0,31m³/s
Mean elev.
329m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- DouentzaMopti · Mali1178.0 km²97.8% of basin
- 26.2 km²2.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gourma Elephant Reserve
IUCN IVPartial Wildlife Reserve
1142.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 16 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°
28,7°C
Annual rain
392mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,81
Runoff
24mm/an
PET
2 079mm
AET
328mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
206cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)