HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080636020
Bassin · #1080636020
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 : Koungheul, Koupentoum, Ranérou Ferlo
Sub-basin area
387,4km²
Upstream area
387,4km²
Discharge
0,37m³/s
Mean elev.
52m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Ranérou FerloMatam · Senegal227.1 km²58.9% of basin
- KoupentoumTambacounda · Senegal115.7 km²30.0% of basin
- 43.2 km²11.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Sab-Sabre
IUCN Not ReportedNot Reported
74.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 6 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°
27,9°C
Annual rain
582mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
30mm/an
PET
2 125mm
AET
490mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
76cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
1%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)