HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080645390
Bassin · #1080645390
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 : Koupentoum, Ranérou Ferlo
Sub-basin area
205,5km²
Upstream area
205,5km²
Discharge
0,26m³/s
Mean elev.
52m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KoupentoumTambacounda · Senegal182.4 km²89.1% of basin
- Ranérou FerloMatam · Senegal22.4 km²10.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ferlo-Sud
IUCN IVWildlife Reserve
20.37 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
26 distinct species · 26 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°
28,0°C
Annual rain
649mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
41mm/an
PET
2 106mm
AET
546mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
49cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)