HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080681210
Bassin de Gambie
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kantora, Tambacounda, Vélingara
Sub-basin area
540,3km²
Upstream area
40 632,2km²
Discharge
181,04m³/s
Mean elev.
42m
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
891mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
84mm/an
PET
1 999mm
AET
744mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
101cm
Forest
3%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)