HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080682380
Bassin · #1080682380
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 : Dosso, Loga
Sub-basin area
392,7km²
Upstream area
392,7km²
Discharge
0,53m³/s
Mean elev.
246m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 311.4 km²79.6% of basin
- DossoDosso · Niger79.8 km²20.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Dallol Bosso
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
138.19 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 6 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°
28,9°C
Annual rain
478mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,77
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
2 068mm
AET
401mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
181cm
Forest
0%
Crops
97%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)