HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080695220
Bassin · #1080695220
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 : Bounkiling, Kolda, Médina Yoro Foula, Sédhiou
Sub-basin area
524km²
Upstream area
524km²
Discharge
2,52m³/s
Mean elev.
44m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 222.6 km²42.6% of basin
- Médina Yoro FoulaKolda · Senegal159.0 km²30.5% of basin
- 97.3 km²18.6% of basin
- BounkilingSédhiou · Senegal43.1 km²8.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Foret de Sadiata
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
33.09 km² overlap
Foret de Diatouma
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
17.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 35 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°
27,2°C
Annual rain
978mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
152mm/an
PET
2 021mm
AET
764mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
74cm
Forest
26%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)