HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080693080
Bassin · #1080693080
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Kukawa, Lake Chad, Logone et Chari, Mamdi
Sub-basin area
1 028,4km²
Upstream area
248 079,1km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
282m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1080692200645 km²
- Bassin · #108069203024 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 619.5 km²60.5% of basin
- 324.3 km²31.7% of basin
- 70.5 km²6.9% of basin
- 10.2 km²1.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Chad Wetlands in Nigeria
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
333.67 km² overlap
Lac Tchad
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
69.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
27,3°C
Annual rain
315mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,85
Runoff
14mm/an
PET
2 088mm
AET
263mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
9cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)