HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080663270
Bassin · #1080663270
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 across 2 countries : Mamdi, N'Guigmi
Sub-basin area
720,3km²
Upstream area
5 558,8km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
284m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080654320618 km²
- Bassin · #1080654130264 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 648.1 km²90.3% of basin
- 69.6 km²9.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lac Tchad
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
402.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 13 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°
27,5°C
Annual rain
204mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,90
Runoff
9mm/an
PET
2 113mm
AET
168mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
25cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)