HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080708230
Bassin de Sarakouta Yo
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 : Kédougou, Salémata
Sub-basin area
206,7km²
Upstream area
206,7km²
Discharge
0,76m³/s
Mean elev.
113m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 205.8 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
National Park
205.79 km² overlap
Niokolo-Koba National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
205.76 km² overlap
Parc national du Niokolo-Koba
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
205.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
155 distinct species · 365 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 31 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Sarakouta Yo : 27 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
28,1°C
Annual rain
1 093mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
118mm/an
PET
1 985mm
AET
834mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
243cm
Forest
6%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)