HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080684200
Bassin · #1080684200
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 : Abadam, Kukawa, Lake Chad
Sub-basin area
950,9km²
Upstream area
232 760km²
Discharge
3,51m³/s
Mean elev.
284m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080672000612 km²
- Bassin · #108067199096 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 567.6 km²59.9% of basin
- 377.1 km²39.8% of basin
- 2.6 km²0.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
618.46 km² overlap
Yo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
30.38 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 14 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
271mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,87
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
2 089mm
AET
226mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
25cm
Forest
7%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)