HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080618670
Bassin · #1080618670
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 : Nioro, Yélimané
Sub-basin area
866,2km²
Upstream area
7 642,4km²
Discharge
6,03m³/s
Mean elev.
235m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rivière2489 km²
- Bassin · #10806238901410 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 829.8 km²96.1% of basin
- NioroKayes · Mali33.3 km²3.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 38 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°
28,2°C
Annual rain
552mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
20mm/an
PET
2 058mm
AET
465mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
508cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)