HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080692600
Bassin du Sourou
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, Sourou
Sub-basin area
449,2km²
Upstream area
22 983,5km²
Discharge
45,09m³/s
Mean elev.
259m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Bouba1712 km²
- Bassin du Sourou71 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 228.2 km²51.0% of basin
- BankassMopti · Mali215.3 km²48.1% of basin
- 4.0 km²0.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Plaine Inondable du Sourou
IUCN VIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
119.41 km² overlap
La Vallée du Sourou
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
22.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
135 distinct species · 389 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 du Sourou : 11 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 17.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,5°C
Annual rain
620mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
30mm/an
PET
2 016mm
AET
521mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
15cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)