HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080697920
Bassin · #1080697920
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 : Gouré, Karasuwa, Maïné-Soroa, Yusufari
Sub-basin area
1 227,9km²
Upstream area
1 228,3km²
Discharge
0,11m³/s
Mean elev.
344m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1052.4 km²86.0% of basin
- Maïné-SoroaDiffa · Niger146.3 km²12.0% of basin
- 18.7 km²1.5% of basin
- 5.8 km²0.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
51 distinct species · 122 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°
27,0°C
Annual rain
337mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,84
Runoff
1mm/an
PET
2 093mm
AET
282mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
33cm
Forest
0%
Crops
48%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)