HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080711200
Bassin · #1080711200
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Arewa Dandi, Dogon-Doutchi, Gaya
Sub-basin area
412,6km²
Upstream area
59 450,7km²
Discharge
25,57m³/s
Mean elev.
218m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10807057601002 km²
- Bassin · #1080705980445 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- GayaDosso · Niger265.4 km²64.6% of basin
- Dogon-DoutchiDosso · Niger143.6 km²34.9% of basin
- 2.1 km²0.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Dallol Maouri
IUCN IVWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
278.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
54 distinct species · 74 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°
28,8°C
Annual rain
554mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
53mm/an
PET
2 038mm
AET
466mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
172cm
Forest
0%
Crops
71%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)