HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080689180
Bassin de Bafing
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 : Bafoulabé, Kita, Kéniéba
Sub-basin area
2 421,3km²
Upstream area
29 019,4km²
Discharge
245,57m³/s
Mean elev.
257m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin du Bafing744 km²
- Bassin de Balé193 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
2 intersecting protected areas
Kouroufing
IUCN IINational Park
388.85 km² overlap
Bafing
IUCN IVChimpanzee Sanctuary
38.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
229 distinct species · 1 327 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Bafing : 17 espèces + 2 bulles famille, 15 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 8.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,5°C
Annual rain
1 018mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
137mm/an
PET
1 968mm
AET
804mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
260cm
Forest
9%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
17%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)