HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080690740
Bassin · #1080690740
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 : Dogon-Doutchi, Gudu
Sub-basin area
705,9km²
Upstream area
51 172,1km²
Discharge
12,25m³/s
Mean elev.
244m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10806830401255 km²
- Bassin · #1080683160384 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Dogon-DoutchiDosso · Niger388.2 km²55.2% of basin
- 315.0 km²44.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lema
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
56.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 26 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°
28,8°C
Annual rain
519mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
2 063mm
AET
436mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
187cm
Forest
0%
Crops
82%
Urban
1%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)