HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080681190
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 13 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bounkiling, Central Baddibu, Jarra Central, Jarra East, Jarra West +8
Sub-basin area
1 375,4km²
Upstream area
68 567km²
Discharge
136,26m³/s
Mean elev.
22m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,5°C
Annual rain
751mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
74mm/an
PET
2 042mm
AET
634mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
70cm
Forest
3%
Crops
28%
Urban
2%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)