Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080678260

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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bakel, Kayes, Kéniéba, Saraya

Pfafstetter: 14638031

Sub-basin area

703km²

Upstream area

19 366,2km²

Discharge

103,21m³/s

Mean elev.

114m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Falémé789 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

  • Bakel
    Tambacounda · Senegal
    366.9 km²
    52.4% of basin
  • Saraya
    Kédougou · Senegal
    169.7 km²
    24.2% of basin
  • Kéniéba
    Kayes · Mali
    163.8 km²
    23.4% of basin
  • Kayes
    Kayes · Mali
    0.0 km²
    0.0% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

3 distinct species · 18 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

18 obs · 5 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 8
8–7
4–7
3–3
< 3

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

28,6°C

Annual rain

905mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,55

Runoff

60mm/an

PET

2 002mm

AET

757mm

Mean slope

1,5°

Water table

177cm

Forest

0%

Crops

1%

Urban

0%

Protected

0%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)