HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080694380
Bassin de Goulbi de Maradi
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 2 countries : Jibia, Kaita, Katsina, Madarounfa
Sub-basin area
533km²
Upstream area
533,1km²
Discharge
0,52m³/s
Mean elev.
469m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 223.1 km²42.0% of basin
- 214.8 km²40.5% of basin
- 90.0 km²16.9% of basin
- 3.1 km²0.6% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Madatai
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
62.18 km² overlap
Nasarawa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
35.47 km² overlap
Dutsin Kuba
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
14.70 km² overlap
Kadobi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.38 km² overlap
Mazanbiya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 80 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
539mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
34mm/an
PET
1 994mm
AET
453mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
163cm
Forest
0%
Crops
88%
Urban
9%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)