HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080637850
Bassin · #1080637850
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 : Koungheul, Ranérou Ferlo
Sub-basin area
431,9km²
Upstream area
1 046,5km²
Discharge
0,91m³/s
Mean elev.
50m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080636020387 km²
- Bassin · #1080635870227 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 306.4 km²71.2% of basin
- Ranérou FerloMatam · Senegal123.9 km²28.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Siné-Saloum
IUCN Not ReportedNot Reported
89.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 19 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
570mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
2 128mm
AET
480mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
108cm
Forest
0%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)