HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080616850
Bassin · #1080616850
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 : Bandiagara, Douentza
Sub-basin area
188,9km²
Upstream area
188,9km²
Discharge
1,57m³/s
Mean elev.
393m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Gourma Elephant Reserve
IUCN IVPartial Wildlife Reserve
1.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
423mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,79
Runoff
252mm/an
PET
2 018mm
AET
355mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
275cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)