HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080692620
Bassin · #1080692620
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 : Bam, Sanmatenga
Sub-basin area
875,8km²
Upstream area
875,8km²
Discharge
0,25m³/s
Mean elev.
331m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 634.1 km²72.7% of basin
- 238.5 km²27.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 4 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°
28,1°C
Annual rain
595mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
2 024mm
AET
501mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
203cm
Forest
0%
Crops
19%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)