HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080639320
Bassin de Kirgou
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 : Bafoulabé, Kayes
Sub-basin area
289,3km²
Upstream area
3 595km²
Discharge
2,97m³/s
Mean elev.
197m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080639080671 km²
- Bassin de Kirgou469 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 200.3 km²69.5% of basin
- KayesKayes · Mali88.0 km²30.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 13 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°
28,3°C
Annual rain
712mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
2 034mm
AET
600mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
407cm
Forest
1%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)