HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080684210
Bassin · #1080684210
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
448,3km²
Upstream area
12 401,7km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
280m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10806798201306 km²
- Bassin · #1080679950465 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 444.5 km²99.5% of basin
- 2.1 km²0.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
444.46 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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
283mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
2 089mm
AET
236mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
9cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)