HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080638060
Bassin · #1080638060
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 : Douentza, Soum
Sub-basin area
471,1km²
Upstream area
471,3km²
Discharge
0,01m³/s
Mean elev.
297m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 371.7 km²79.2% of basin
- DouentzaMopti · Mali97.7 km²20.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Sahel
IUCN IVSylvo-pastoral Reserve and Partial Wildlife Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 24 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°
28,9°C
Annual rain
425mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,80
Runoff
2mm/an
PET
2 081mm
AET
357mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
158cm
Forest
0%
Crops
26%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)