HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080639900
Bassin · #1080639900
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 4 administrative regions : Bouza, Dakoro, Keita, Tchin-Tabarade
Sub-basin area
1 599,4km²
Upstream area
1 599,4km²
Discharge
0,52m³/s
Mean elev.
458m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KeitaTahoua · Niger1089.8 km²68.4% of basin
- 302.1 km²19.0% of basin
- Tchin-TabaradeTahoua · Niger115.2 km²7.2% of basin
- BouzaTahoua · Niger86.6 km²5.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gadabédji Biosphere Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
290.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
70 distinct species · 136 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
295mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
2 085mm
AET
245mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
336cm
Forest
0%
Crops
94%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)