HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080690930
Bassin · #1080690930
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 across 2 countries : Arewa Dandi, Dogon-Doutchi, Gudu
Sub-basin area
816,9km²
Upstream area
5 793,3km²
Discharge
9,14m³/s
Mean elev.
247m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10806914301228 km²
- Bassin · #1080691700420 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 532.0 km²65.4% of basin
- 185.2 km²22.8% of basin
- Dogon-DoutchiDosso · Niger96.6 km²11.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lema
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
382.20 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 34 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°
28,7°C
Annual rain
570mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
52mm/an
PET
2 058mm
AET
479mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
216cm
Forest
0%
Crops
60%
Urban
1%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)