HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080668060
Bassin de Falémé
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 across 2 countries : Bakel, Kayes, Kéniéba
Sub-basin area
788,8km²
Upstream area
21 704km²
Discharge
105,48m³/s
Mean elev.
110m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kérékhoto1549 km²
- Bassin de Falémé703 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
28,6°C
Annual rain
818mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,59
Runoff
38mm/an
PET
2 018mm
AET
691mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
231cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)