HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080713040
Bassin de Casamance
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bounkiling, Farim, Goudomp, Kolda, Médina Yoro Foula +1
Sub-basin area
2 432,4km²
Upstream area
5 871,7km²
Discharge
23,98m³/s
Mean elev.
35m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
1 088mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
246mm/an
PET
1 984mm
AET
792mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
91cm
Forest
27%
Crops
7%
Urban
2%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)