HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080679950
Bassin · #1080679950
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 across 2 countries : Lake Chad, Mamdi
Sub-basin area
464,6km²
Upstream area
10 647,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
280m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10806741901902 km²
- Bassin · #1080673990274 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 397.1 km²85.8% of basin
- 65.8 km²14.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
65.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 9 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°
27,4°C
Annual rain
266mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,87
Runoff
11mm/an
PET
2 094mm
AET
221mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
15cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)