HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080679380
Bassin de Gambia River
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 10 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kaffrine, Lower Saloum, Médina Yoro Foula, Niamina Dankunku, Niamina East +5
Sub-basin area
770,3km²
Upstream area
65 508,9km²
Discharge
138,1m³/s
Mean elev.
20m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,6°C
Annual rain
685mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
52mm/an
PET
2 071mm
AET
577mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
75cm
Forest
1%
Crops
32%
Urban
2%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)