HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080705980
Bassin · #1080705980
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Arewa Dandi, Dogon-Doutchi
Sub-basin area
444,6km²
Upstream area
444,7km²
Discharge
0,73m³/s
Mean elev.
247m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 261.9 km²59.1% of basin
- Dogon-DoutchiDosso · Niger181.0 km²40.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lema
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
44.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
28,6°C
Annual rain
590mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
50mm/an
PET
2 039mm
AET
497mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
237cm
Forest
0%
Crops
63%
Urban
3%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)