HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080655470
Bassin de Saloum
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 5 administrative regions : Birkilane, Gossas, Guinguinéo, Kaffrine, Malème Hodar
Sub-basin area
1 008,7km²
Upstream area
1 008,8km²
Discharge
0,87m³/s
Mean elev.
35m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 450.9 km²44.9% of basin
- GuinguinéoKaolack · Senegal298.3 km²29.7% of basin
- 143.2 km²14.2% of basin
- 111.8 km²11.1% of basin
- Malème HodarKaffrine · Senegal0.8 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Foret de Kassas
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
43.39 km² overlap
Foret de Birkelane
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
23.82 km² overlap
Mbegue
IUCN Not ReportedNot Reported
17.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
39 distinct species · 90 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Saloum : 8 espèces reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 26.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,4°C
Annual rain
569mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
28mm/an
PET
2 139mm
AET
479mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
50cm
Forest
0%
Crops
33%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)