HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080654320
Bassin · #1080654320
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mamdi, N'Guigmi, Nokou
Sub-basin area
617,7km²
Upstream area
617,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
282m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 593.3 km²96.4% of basin
- 22.1 km²3.6% of basin
- NokouKanem · Chad0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lac Tchad
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
2.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 14 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°
27,6°C
Annual rain
206mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
2 115mm
AET
170mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
25cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)