HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080666840
Bassin · #1080666840
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 : Diffa, Maïné-Soroa, N'Guigmi
Sub-basin area
623,6km²
Upstream area
623,6km²
Discharge
0,02m³/s
Mean elev.
320m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 355.1 km²57.2% of basin
- DiffaDiffa · Niger244.0 km²39.3% of basin
- Maïné-SoroaDiffa · Niger22.2 km²3.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 24 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
196mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,91
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
2 102mm
AET
161mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
84cm
Forest
0%
Crops
57%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)