HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080620580
Bassin · #1080620580
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Ansongo, Ouallam, Tillabéry
Sub-basin area
591,1km²
Upstream area
11 309,3km²
Discharge
7,3m³/s
Mean elev.
272m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10806153101644 km²
- Bassin · #10806155301006 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Ansongo Giraffe Reserve
IUCN IVPartial Wildlife Reserve
22.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 41 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°
29,2°C
Annual rain
235mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,89
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
2 110mm
AET
195mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
167cm
Forest
0%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)