HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080631960
Bassin · #1080631960
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 : Tahoua, Tchin-Tabarade
Sub-basin area
275,4km²
Upstream area
21 553,1km²
Discharge
4,05m³/s
Mean elev.
315m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080625620336 km²
- Bassin · #108062535060 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TahouaTahoua · Niger251.1 km²91.5% of basin
- Tchin-TabaradeTahoua · Niger23.4 km²8.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 22 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
302mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
8mm/an
PET
2 116mm
AET
252mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
92cm
Forest
0%
Crops
29%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)