HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080694030
Bassin de Sokoto
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 : Goronyo, Isa, Rabah, Wurno
Sub-basin area
889km²
Upstream area
889km²
Discharge
1,54m³/s
Mean elev.
301m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 346.1 km²39.1% of basin
- 326.3 km²36.8% of basin
- 175.5 km²19.8% of basin
- 37.8 km²4.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 6 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
567mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
55mm/an
PET
2 070mm
AET
477mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
128cm
Forest
0%
Crops
52%
Urban
3%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)