HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080715740
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bignona, Sao Domingos, Ziguinchor
Sub-basin area
835,4km²
Upstream area
14 092,3km²
Discharge
79,64m³/s
Mean elev.
17m
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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
1 245mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
390mm/an
PET
1 923mm
AET
799mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
51cm
Forest
64%
Crops
15%
Urban
5%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)