HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080692590
Bassin · #1080692590
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 : Bankass, Kossi, Tominian
Sub-basin area
2 454,6km²
Upstream area
2 454,7km²
Discharge
1,1m³/s
Mean elev.
291m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1464.5 km²59.9% of basin
- BankassMopti · Mali904.3 km²37.0% of basin
- 76.5 km²3.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Plaine Inondable du Sourou
IUCN VIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
62.44 km² overlap
La Vallée du Sourou
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
18.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
156 distinct species · 1 105 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,8°C
Annual rain
644mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
8mm/an
PET
2 000mm
AET
543mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
82cm
Forest
0%
Crops
12%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)