HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080633360
Bassin de Karakoro
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 across 2 countries : Kayes, Sélibaby
Sub-basin area
777,3km²
Upstream area
42 008,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
53m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 3 basins
- Bassin de Dakhlet Koûrouraï1619 km²
- Bassin de Karakoro1014 km²
- Bassin de Karakoro202 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KayesKayes · Mali494.3 km²63.8% of basin
- 280.2 km²36.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 5 688 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°
29,5°C
Annual rain
513mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
46mm/an
PET
2 134mm
AET
431mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
84cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)