HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080643800
Bassin de Falao
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
1 565,1km²
Upstream area
1 565,4km²
Discharge
2,07m³/s
Mean elev.
114m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KayesKayes · Mali1547.9 km²99.3% of basin
- 11.4 km²0.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 37 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°
28,7°C
Annual rain
710mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
2 044mm
AET
598mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
187cm
Forest
0%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)