HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080655640
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 3 administrative regions : Birkilane, Kaffrine, Malème Hodar
Sub-basin area
1 780,4km²
Upstream area
9 459,1km²
Discharge
11,23m³/s
Mean elev.
34m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Saloum1035 km²
- Bassin de Saloum81 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 784.5 km²44.2% of basin
- Malème HodarKaffrine · Senegal732.2 km²41.3% of basin
- 257.3 km²14.5% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Mbegue
IUCN Not ReportedNot Reported
138.15 km² overlap
Foret de Kassas
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
64.28 km² overlap
Foret de Sagna
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
22.68 km² overlap
Foret de Delbi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
19.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
151 distinct species · 981 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 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 : 19 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
591mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
29mm/an
PET
2 118mm
AET
497mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
72cm
Forest
0%
Crops
39%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)