HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080674630
Bassin de Bani
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 : Djenné, San
Sub-basin area
686,9km²
Upstream area
120 628,9km²
Discharge
247,57m³/s
Mean elev.
281m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Bani2173 km²
- Bassin de Diaba (Banifing de San)85 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Delta Intérieur du Niger
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
248.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 1 819 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°
27,7°C
Annual rain
674mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
85mm/an
PET
2 040mm
AET
568mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
33cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)