HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080658380
Bassin de Marigot de Faoye
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 : Fatick, Foundiougne, Mbour
Sub-basin area
467,2km²
Upstream area
8 930,2km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
9m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10806447702617 km²
- Bassin de Marigot de Faoye891 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 313.2 km²67.3% of basin
- 149.9 km²32.2% of basin
- FoundiougneFatick · Senegal2.4 km²0.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Delta du Saloum
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
167.54 km² overlap
Delta du Saloum
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
167.54 km² overlap
AMP Gandoule
IUCN VIMarine Protected Area
27.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
168 distinct species · 1 245 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 44 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 Marigot de Faoye : 37 espèces reliées par 45 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
604mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
1 960mm
AET
508mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
28cm
Forest
2%
Crops
21%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)