HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080636450
Bassin · #1080636450
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 : Koupentoum, Ranérou Ferlo
Sub-basin area
346,6km²
Upstream area
346,6km²
Discharge
0,54m³/s
Mean elev.
54m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KoupentoumTambacounda · Senegal230.3 km²66.7% of basin
- Ranérou FerloMatam · Senegal115.0 km²33.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ferlo-Sud
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
316.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 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°
28,1°C
Annual rain
668mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
2 104mm
AET
563mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
72cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)