HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080659380
Bassin · #1080659380
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 : Dogon-Doutchi, Filingué
Sub-basin area
1 943,3km²
Upstream area
28 945,1km²
Discharge
5,97m³/s
Mean elev.
281m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10806383701648 km²
- Bassin · #1080638540365 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Dogon-DoutchiDosso · Niger1202.6 km²62.1% of basin
- 733.7 km²37.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 111 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°
29,0°C
Annual rain
342mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
2 086mm
AET
286mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
165cm
Forest
0%
Crops
21%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)