HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080634850
Bassin · #1080634850
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 : Dakoro, Tanout
Sub-basin area
148,4km²
Upstream area
5 551,4km²
Discharge
0,34m³/s
Mean elev.
431m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080637240577 km²
- Bassin · #1080637360352 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 116.9 km²79.0% of basin
- 31.0 km²21.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gadabédji Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
43.83 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 12 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°
27,8°C
Annual rain
256mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,88
Runoff
10mm/an
PET
2 087mm
AET
213mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
206cm
Forest
0%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)